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Meet Author Wade Rouse (Viola Shipman)

2023-06-14 19:00:00 2023-06-14 20:00:00 America/New_York Meet Author Wade Rouse (Viola Shipman) Join us when author Wade Rouse (writing as Viola Shipman) visits to discuss his newest novel, <i>Famous in a Small Town</i>. North Royalton Branch - Large Meeting Room 121 & 122 (126)

Wednesday, June 14
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-06-14 19:00:00 2023-06-14 20:00:00 America/New_York Meet Author Wade Rouse (Viola Shipman) Join us when author Wade Rouse (writing as Viola Shipman) visits to discuss his newest novel, <i>Famous in a Small Town</i>. North Royalton Branch - Large Meeting Room 121 & 122 (126)

North Royalton Branch

Large Meeting Room 121 & 122 (126)

Join us when author Wade Rouse (writing as Viola Shipman) visits to discuss his newest novel, Famous in a Small Town.

About the author:

Wade Rouse is a popular award-winning memoirist and internationally bestselling author of twelve books, which have been translated into twenty languages and selected as Today show Must-Reads, Indie Next Picks and Michigan Notable Books. Rouse writes fiction under his grandma’s name, Viola Shipman, to honor the woman whose heirlooms inspire his writing. He lives in Michigan and California, and hosts Wine & Words with Wade, A Literary Happy Hour, every Thursday.

In Famous in a Small Town, for most of her eighty years, Mary Jackson has been waiting. As she’s endured the steady invasion of tourists, influencers and real estate developers who have discovered the lakeside charm of Good Hart, Michigan, she’s also patiently anticipated the arrival of a stranger she’s believed since childhood would one day carry on her legacy—the Very Cherry General Store. Like generations of Jackson women before her, Cherry Mary, as she’s known locally, runs the community hub—part post office, bakery and sandwich shop—and had almost given up hope that the mysterious prediction she’d been told as a girl would come true and the store would have to pass to…a man.

Becky Thatcher came to Good Hart with her ride-or-die BFF to forget that she’s just turned forty with nothing to show for it. Ending up at the general store with Mary and her cranky grandson is admittedly not the beach vacation she expected, but the more the feisty octogenarian talks about destiny, the stronger Becky’s memories of her own childhood holidays become, and the strange visions over the lake she was never sure were real. As she works under Mary’s wing for the summer and finds she fits into this quirky community of locals, she starts to believe that destiny could be real, and that it might have something very special in mind for Becky.

Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Mac's Backs - Books on Coventry.

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Wed, Jun 14, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Large Meeting Room 121 & 122 (126)
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Thu, Jun 15, 10:00am - 10:25am
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Mon, Jun 26, 5:30pm - 8:30pm
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Tue, Jun 27, 10:30am - 11:00am
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Tue, Jun 27, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Wed, Jul 05, 10:00am - 10:20am
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Wed, Jul 05, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Large Meeting Room 121 & 122 (126)
Drop in for reading, art, science, technology, engineering and math challenges. No registration required.

Wed, Jul 05, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Resource Room (49)
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