<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>On behalf of the Metro Detroit Book and Author Society, I would like to invite you to our FREE event this coming Monday, April 19, from 7-8 pm. </div><div><span style="color:rgb(35,35,51);font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(35,35,51);font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial">Author Sarah Penner discusses her book, The Lost Apothecary, with Metro-Detroit Book and Author Society President, Cathy Russ. Q&A will be available via the Zoom Q&A function. This event will be recorded and made available on our YouTube channel.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(35,35,51);font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(35,35,51);font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial">An instant New York Times bestseller The Lost Apothecary follows three women who will change each other’s lives across the barrier of time—a modern-day historian, an 18th century apothecary serial killer, and a twelve-year-old girl who will unite them in a stunning twist of fate. Filled with emotional depth, addictive pacing, and wildly clever storytelling, The Lost Apothecary is a bold feminist work of historical fiction that explores female empowerment in a man’s world, the destructive force of revenge, and the power of women’s relationships with one another.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(35,35,51);font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(35,35,51);font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial">You can purchase a copy of her book, The Lost Apothecary, from <a href="http://bookshop.org">bookshop.org</a> (<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/6300/9780778311010">https://bookshop.org/a/6300/9780778311010</a>) to support local bookstores AND the </span>MDBAS<span style="color:rgb(35,35,51);font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial">.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(35,35,51);font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(35,35,51);font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial">NOTE: We ask for your address in order to facilitate giving away a limited number of signed bookplates for FREE after the event. Attendance at this event is necessary to be eligible!</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(35,35,51);font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(35,35,51);font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial">Apr 19, 2021 07:00 PM in</span><span style="color:rgb(35,35,51);font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial"> </span><a id="gmail-switch_timezone" title="Change Time Zone" style="font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial;background:transparent;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(14,113,235);border:0px">Eastern Time (US and Canada)</a></div><div><div><br></div><div>You can register to attend here: </div><div><a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/2716183444268/WN_tudM-sifRQSy6tZjKGgrvg" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/webinar/register/2716183444268/WN_tudM-sifRQSy6tZjKGgrvg</a><br></div><div><br></div></div><div>Hope to "see" you there! </div><div><br></div><div>Cathy </div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Cathleen Russ<div>Library Director/President, Metro Detroit Book & Author Society </div></div></div></div>

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