<div dir="ltr">"South of Superior," by Ellen Airgood, is the 2018 Battle Creek Reads selection<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">​ sponsored by Willard Library​</div>. Airgood will discuss her book, her writing process, and life in the Upper Peninsula<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"> 

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​ </div>"South of Superior" was Airgood’s debut novel and was named a Michigan Notable Book in 2012.<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">​ ​</div>The novel tells the story of  Madeline Stone who leaves her Chicago life to live in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. As she is drawn into the dramas of the small, tight-knit town, Madeline learns that it’s a place where times are tough and debts run deep, but where friendship, community, and compassion run deeper. <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">​Airgood's </div>books will be for sale<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">​,​</div> and she will be signing them.<div><br><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Kristine<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">​ Pioch</div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">Public Relations Librarian</div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">Willard Library​</div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">7. W. Van Buren St.</div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">Battle Creek, MI 49017</div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"><br></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">269-986-8166, ext. 42</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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