Writer, director, actor, and independent radio producer Caitlin Shetterly will be at the Jesup Memorial Library on Saturday, Dec. 10, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. for a discussion and signing of her book “Made for You and Me.”

She tells a compelling story of how she and her husband, Dan Davis, both freelancers who began their married life in 2008 by pursuing a lifelong shared dream of leaving Maine and going West, said a library spokesman. California was the land of plenty, they thought. But the recession landed, and a surprise, and surprisingly tough, pregnancy made Caitlin too sick to work. By December, every job Dan had lined up had been canceled, and though he pounded the pavement, from shop to shop and from bar to bar, he could not find any work at all. By March 2009, every cent of the couple’s savings had been spent.

So a year after they’d set out with big plans, Caitlin and Dan packed up again, this time with a baby on board, to make their way home to move in with Caitlin’s mother. As they drove, Caitlin blogged about their situation and created audio diaries for NPR’s “Weekend Edition,” and received an astounding response. From all across the country, listeners offered help, opening their hearts and their homes. And when the young family arrived back in rural Maine and squeezed into Caitlin’s mother’s small saltbox house, Caitlin learned that the bonds of family run deeper than any tug to roam, and that, with love, she and Dan could hold their dreams in sight, wherever they were.”

Caitlin’s “Made for You and Me” is one of Maine Women Write Holiday picks.

Her visit to Bar Harbor is co-sponsored by Sherman’s book store, which will have copies of Ms. Shetterly’s book available for sale at the library. Ms. Shetterly will stay for a booksigning after her talk.

For more information, contact the library at 288-4245 or Sherman’s at 288-3161.

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