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    <p>Please feel free to invite your patrons<br>
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    <strong>Contact: Victor Volkman<br>
      (734) 417-4266<br>
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      UP Notable Book Club presents a Q&A session with Hilton
      Everett Moore about "North of Nelson: Stories of Michigan's Upper
      Peninsula - Volume 1"</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 28th event is with Hilton Everett Moore's debut short story
    collection <a
href="https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=082e152b01&e=2efc3cf0fe"
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      underline;">North of Nelson: Stories of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
      - Volume 1</a>. Follow the ups and downs of residents over a span
    of 150 years in a fictional small community somewhere in Baraga
    County in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.  Some have compared the series
    from Silver Mountain Press to a Michener saga, albeit on a smaller
    scale. You can enjoy the book in paperback, hardcover, eBook, and
    audiobook editions.<br>
    <br>
    <em><strong>When: </strong></em>June 8th, 2023 at 7 pm Eastern / 6
    pm Central<br>
    <em><strong>Where: </strong></em>on the Zoom platform -- please
    contact Evelyn Gathu in advance by <a
href="mailto:egathu@crystalfallslibrary.org?subject=UPNotableBooks&body=Please-send-me-the-zoom-link"
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      underline;">egathu@crystalfallslibrary.org</a>, or by phone at
    (906) 875-3344. We recommend you borrow a copy of these books from
    your local library or purchase from your local bookseller in advance
    to get the most out of these events. 
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                height="249" align="right">HILTON EVERETT MOORE</strong>
            is a published short story author who lives and writes at
            his remote cabin in the near wilderness of Baraga County in
            the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He has held many positions
            in his life including: a stint as a kennel man for a Humane
            Society, a factory worker, later as a certified pipe welder
            in the oil fields of West Texas, and also as an assistant
            manager of a lumber company. Ironically in a chapter he
            would like to forget, a gut-wrenching failed attempt at
            owning a restaurant. After a midlife crisis he went back to
            college and received a Master’s Degree in Social Work. Upon
            graduation, he was employed in the Michigan prison system as
            a Clinical Social Worker. Presently he enjoys writing in his
            cabin in the wilderness. He likes to fish with worms..<strong>
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                height="320" align="left"></a>The short stories, such as
            “A Shotgun Wedding", in <em>North of Nelson </em>are
            relatable to anyone. In this chapter, a woman felt forced to
            get married because of pregnancy and then found out she was
            not happy with the result. Many people have struggled when
            it came to pets and they were presented with problems that
            were not easily solved which was described in the chapter
            called “A Dog Named Bunny.” And the situation described in
            “The Irascible Pedagogue” is equally relatable. If only the
            protagonist had asked her to dance with him instead of
            getting cold feet, things would have turned out so much
            differently. That story reminded me of the movie <em>My
              Best Friend’s Wedding</em> with Julia Roberts. Julia’s
            character did a whole host of things to win back her friend
            and take him from the person he was going to marry.</p>
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            16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;">I recommend this
            book because of the stories filled with touching moments
            about real-life situations and how the characters struggled
            to overcome their life challenges. Sometimes a problem took
            on a whole new life of its own without any solution. Moore
            provided the reader with the ramifications of many of the
            hardships the characters in his stories faced. I wanted to
            find out what was going to happen to the well-developed
            characters, individuals who resembled people I have met
            throughout my life. Moore brought to life the pain Nimkii
            experienced as a Native American woman and the pain of
            loneliness for a boy while he dealt with polio. I highly
            recommend <a
href="https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=7b70735fcb&e=2efc3cf0fe"
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              of Nelson, Vol. 1</a> if you want to learn more about life
            during The Depression, about life at the Baraga orphanage,
            and other experiences from the past concerning the
            characters from Moore’s book who lived in the Upper
            Peninsula of Michigan.  -- <a
href="https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=a48839d64b&e=2efc3cf0fe"
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              the full review</a> by Sharon Brunner, <em>U.P. Book
              Review</em></p>
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      Review, </em>and UPPAA can be found on <a
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            width="225" height="150" align="right"></a>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
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    welcomes membership and participation from anyone with a UP
    connection who is interested in writing.
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
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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