Reader's Digest Recommended Author Coming to Capitola Thursday

Attention bookworms: As you know, the tell-all celebrity memoir is en vogue in 2011. But autobiographies come out all the time from the 99 percent as well. Lucky for you in the Capitola-Soquel region, a highly-touted one is coming your way Thursday evening.

Focusing on the subject of adoption, particularly adoption by a single father, This is US, the self-penned life story of David Marin, a Gilroy resident, will be presented by the author at on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

While Marin has traveled to 11 countries, 36 states, and recently had hs work recommended by Reader's Digest, his greatest feat, and certainly his defining characteristic, are as a single father to three adopted Mexican-American children.

The CBC website refers to the book as "a wise, passionate—and occasionally (and justifiably) enraging—story."

In the words of Gerry Donaghy of Powell's City of Books, "When David Marin gave up his white-collar bachelorhood to adopt three abandoned children, he received crash courses in parenting, the maddening labyrinth of social services, and the simple yet elusive truism that if you want love, you must give love. Marin’s heartfelt recollections will open readers’ eyes, hearts, and minds to new ways of seeing adoption, the immigration debate, and just what constitutes the American family in the 21st century."

To hear Marin's story firsthand, stop by the Capitola Book Cafe at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. The event is free, so if you're searching for your next good read, this could be your ticket to finding it.