Elizabeth Edwards to share story at Carrboro event

Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, will be speaking at a live story-telling event in Carrboro on May 7, organizers said Monday.

Edwards is speaking at the season finale event of The Monti, a Chapel Hill-Durham based organization that hosts events featuring people from the community telling personal stories in front of a live audience. The theme on May 7 is “Mothers and Fathers.”

Stories are limited to 12 minutes and must be true.

Tickets go on sale April 19, event organizers said.

Edwards separated with her husband in January after more than 30 years of marriage The separation came as details of John Edwards' affair with former campaign staffer leaked out in advance of a tell-all book by longtime aide Andrew Young.