NPR 'Weekend Edition Saturday' host Scott Simon is May 5 Book Rap guest

Scott Simon, award-winning host of NPR’s "Weekend Edition Saturday," will discuss and sign copies of his new book “Unforgettable: A Son, A Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime” at a Tuesday, May 5 Book Rap at the National Press Club.

Tickets are $5 for Club members, $10 for the public. Register here.

This event is a fundraiser for the nonprofit National Press Club Journalism Institute. No outside books or memorabilia are permitted.

When Simon began tweeting from his mother's hospital room in July 2013, he didn't know that his missives would soon spread well beyond his 1.2 million Twitter followers. (Read his tweets here.) Squeezing the magnitude of his final days with her into 140-character updates, Simon's meditations spread virally. Over the course of a few days, Simon chronicled his mother's death and reminisced about her life, revealing her humor and strength, and celebrating familial love.

“Unforgettable” expands on those famous tweets. His mother was a woman of the Mad Men-era. She worked in nightclubs, modeled, dated mobsters and movie stars, and was a brave single parent to young Scott Simon. Spending their last days together in a hospital ICU, mother and son reflect on their lifetime's worth of memories, recounting stories laced with humor and exemplifying resilience.

"Weekend Edition Saturday," with over 4 million listeners,is the most-listened to news program on NPR. Simon has won a Peabody and an Emmy for his reporting and also has over 1.2 million followers on Twitter.