Into the Light: Author Samantha Rose’s ‘Giving Up the Ghost’ Event at OCA | Bohemian | Sonoma & Napa Counties

Into the Light: Author Samantha Rose’s ‘Giving Up the Ghost’ Event at OCA | Bohemian | Sonoma & Napa Counties

Grief leaves its mark in silence, in questions, and sometimes—in stories.  When Susan Swartz died by suicide in 2020, the columnist’s daughter, bestselling ghostwriter Samantha Rose, began writing through the pain. The result is Giving Up the Ghost: A Daughter’s Memoir, a book released earlier this year—the fifth anniversary of Swartz’s death. This Sunday, Rose brings the book to Occidental Center for the Arts for an afternoon of readings and co…