EVENT: Ernest Hooper with Dr. Keith Berry and Paula Stahel
DATE: February 18
Celebrating with St. Petersburg Times columnist Ernest Hooper, honoring the publication of his grandmother Ann Nixon Cooper's book, A Century and Some Change:My Life Before the President Called My Name, at Inkwood Books on Thursday, February 18, at 6 p.m. Hooper will be joined by Dr. Keith Berry, HCC history professor, providing context for Cooper's story spanning a century of historic change, and Paula Stahe, immediate past president of the Association of Personal Historians and owner of Breath and Shadows Productions, sharing experience helping individuals and families capture life stories as legacies for the future.
President-elect Obama mentioned Cooper in his acceptance speech, bringing fame to the 106-year-old beloved matriarch. Her life story began before there were cars or planes, when both her gender and her race kept her from voting, and she lived to see a black president - and the first copy of her book - before she passed away. The daughter of a tenant farmer, wife of a dentist, and respected Atlanta elder has left a lasting legacy for us all.
EVENT: Lisa McMann
DATE: February 25
New York Times best-selling young adult author Lisa McMann will discuss and sign her newest book, Gone, at Inkwood Books on Thursday, February 23, at 7 p.m. McMann’s compelling paranormal thriller series features Janie, a strong but vulnerable female protagonist who gets caught in the dreams of others. Following Wake and Fade, and this new installment continues the series with McMann’s trademark blend of mystery and romance, recommended for grades 8-11.
EVENT: Johanna Moran
DATE: March 4
Meet Johanna Moran, author of The Wives of Henry Oades, a paperback original novel based on real events in the 18th century, at Inkwood Books on Thursday, March 4, at 7 p.m. The author's father, a law professor, found an abstract of a controversial court case, and her mother hoped to write about it someday, but passed the idea on to Moran. The book tells the story of Henry Oades, who migrated to New Zealand where his wife and children were abducted by Maori and given up for dead. Grief stricken, Henry sailed to California and was remarried when his lost wife and surviving children appeared on their doorstep. They take them in, attempting to adapt while townspeople disapprove, and Henry is charged with bigamy, punishable by hanging. As their legal troubles mount, the relationship between the two wives, each with a lawful and righteous stake, forms the heart of this astonishing tale of marriage - certain to become a bookgroup favorite.
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