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Join us when local author Deanna Adams visits to discuss her new novel, A Place We Belong.
About the author:
Deanna R. Adams is a native Clevelander and multi-genre author, speaker and instructor. Her love of history, music, and pop culture is the inspiration and driving force for all her books. Deanna is the longtime coordinator of the Western Reserve Writer’s Conference, is the “Book Whisperer” for The Cuyahoga County Library’s Writers Center, and teaches online writing courses for the Pennwriters organization.
In A Place We Belong, forced into the world of burlesque at seventeen, Lydia Swanson not only adjusts, but becomes the Roxy Theater’s leading fan dancer. Her life seems on the upswing. There’s just one thing that’s been nagging her the past five years—she has no clue what happened to her sister since the day authorities stripped her from her arms after their mother’s death.
It’s 1940, and Cleveland’s famed city safety director, Eliot Ness, may be just the man to help her. When she musters the nerve to approach him, he surprises her by accepting her mission. But when it becomes clear that their bond is heading towards something more than they bargained for, things get complicated for Lydia and the married G-man. Their growing friendship causes friction in their personal and professional lives, and to make matters worse, their search for her sister leads them down an underground trail that exposes a nationwide corrupt adoption ring.
What happens next will change Lydia’s life forever.
Books will be available for purchase.
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The South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch is home to the William N. Skirball Writers' Center, a welcoming space for writers for all ages and levels of experience. The Writers' Center offers free access to private writing rooms, laptops, writing workshops and a special collection of materials on the art of writing.
This branch is a Student Success Center and a Greater Cleveland Food Bank Kids Cafe location.