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<p>This is coming next Thursday, Jan 12th. Zoom credentials are
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normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing:
normal;text-align: left;">UP Notable Book Club presents a Q&A
session with Sharon M. Kennedy, author of <em>The SideRoad Kids:
Tales From Chippewa County</em></h3>
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<span style="color:#006400">UP Notable Book Club</span>:</strong>
the Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the
U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) has scheduled
author events with winners of the <em>UP Notable Book List</em>.
The 25th event is with <a
href="https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=43656e5fcf&e=fd2c186103"
target="_blank" title="Click here to visit Sharon's blog"
style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight:
normal;text-decoration: underline;">Sharon M. Kennedy</a> whose<em>
</em>book <em>The SideRoad Kids:Tales of Chippewa County</em>
presents stories of grade-school kids growing up in the rural U.P.
of the 1950s. These events are open to all U.P. residents free of
charge.<br>
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<b>Time</b>: Jan 12, 2023 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85741545578?pwd=VEJFN3JROWVkMnRWTUx3aERwWGVrdz09"
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<div class="default-style"> <b>Meeting ID</b>: 857 4154 5578 <br>
<b>Passcode</b>: kennedy (lowercase as shown at left) </div>
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100%;color: #202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size:
16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;"><span
id="author_biography"><span><strong><a
href="https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=9e194699b4&e=fd2c186103"
target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color:
#007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration:
underline;"><img alt="Portrait of the author Sharon
M. Kennedy (Brimley, MI)" data-file-id="7784780"
src="https://mcusercontent.com/b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f/images/8316974e-5546-6ab8-e4fa-5f76a6e11a36.jpg"
style="border: 0px;width: 175px;height:
218px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px;outline:
none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode:
bicubic;" width="175" height="218" align="right"></a>SHARON
M. KENNEDY</strong> </span></span>resides on the land
of her youth near the country town of Brimley in Michigan’s
Upper Peninsula. She’s surrounded by childhood memories and
a way of life that is no more. Instead of relying on
intricate plots and schemes, her stories are driven by the
characters and their interactions with each other, their
teachers, and their parents. The authenticity and innocence
of the kids will remind adults of days gone by.<br>
Ms. Kennedy writes a weekly newspaper column for <em>The
Sault News</em> and the <em>Cheboygan Tribune</em>. She
authored <em>Life in a Tin Can</em>, a random collection of
previously published columns. Sharon's most recent book, <em>View
from the SideRoad: A Collection of Upper Peninsula Stories</em>
was just released. Her work also appears in all seven issues
of the <em>U.P. Reader</em>.<br>
<br>
<a
href="https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=21352e3347&e=fd2c186103"
target="_blank" title="Click to see the book on Amazon"
style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color:
#007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><img
alt="Image of the book cover for "The SideRoad
Kids: Tales of Chippewa County""
data-file-id="7784788"
src="https://mcusercontent.com/b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f/images/fe4dc8a5-54df-79a9-ce21-97bcebf21319.jpg"
style="border-image: none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;width:
200px;height: 300px;margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;border:
0;outline: none;text-decoration:
none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;" width="200"
height="300" align="left"></a>"There are many books that
detail the history of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
These are often rigorously researched and documented (some
may be less so) and they represent an important aspect of
the way we understand this strange little corner of the
world. <em>The SideRoad Kids: Tales from Chippewa County</em>
is not that kind of book. It is a fictional retelling of
the life of Sharon M. Kennedy, the stories of the time she
spent growing up on the east end of the U.P., and the myriad
characters that she grew up with. Each chapter is a story
about Yooper life, a mixture of back-country living and
1950’s nostalgia that is reminiscent of Jean Shepherd’s <em>A
Christmas Story</em>. And Kennedy does indeed include a
Christmas story in her book, one that takes the kids on a
trip that is a little more like <em>Gift of the Magi </em>than
they bargain for. The kids in the book, with names like
Flint, Candy, and Squeaky, could easily be any of the kids
we all grew up with, familiar in their idiosyncrasies,
lovable in their innocence. <a
href="https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=bb9f664257&e=fd2c186103"
style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color:
#007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><em>The
SideRoad Kids: Tales from Chippewa County</em></a> is a
great little slice of the Upper Peninsula. Even though it’s
set in the 50’s I can see similarities to the people that I
grew up around in the 80’s, so I expect that those would be
familiar to anyone from the area. This book is great for
readers of all ages, a short story collection that is part
non-fiction, part fiction, and all enjoyable. -- <a
href="https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=badb3d6c5b&e=fd2c186103"
target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color:
#007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Read
the complete review</a> at the <em>U.P. Book Review.</em></p>
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16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;"><a
href="https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=d1cdee4809&e=fd2c186103"
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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color:
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alt="" class="alignright wp-image-478"
src="https://www.upbookreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/GoldSeal_SMALL-300x294.jpg"
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More information about the U.P. Notable Book list, <em>U.P. Book
Review, </em>and UPPAA can be found on <a
href="https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=eb10361170&e=fd2c186103"
style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight:
normal;text-decoration: underline;">www.UPNotable.com</a>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><strong>About the Upper Peninsula
Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA)</strong></div>
Established in 1998 to support authors and publishers who live in or
write about Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, UPPAA is a Michigan
nonprofit association with more than 100 members, many of whose
books are featured on the organization’s website at <a
href="https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=908359ae66&e=fd2c186103"
style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight:
normal;text-decoration: underline;">www.uppaa.org</a>. UPPAA
welcomes membership and participation from anyone with a UP
connection who is interested in writing.
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Regards,
Victor R. Volkman, President
L H Press Inc.
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.LHPress.com">www.LHPress.com</a></pre>
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