[Michlib-l] Teresa Irish and "A Thousand Letters Home" coming to Parchment Community Library!

[Kristy Zeluff]

Please share this with your patrons, southwest Michigan libraries. We
would love to have a nice full house.


 Parchment Community Library Invites
You to a Special Program 
November 4, 2015, 6:30 pm, at the Parchment
Community Library  
 
“A Thousand
Letters Home” Author Teresa Irish
Presents
“The Journey of the Letters”
 

  
Teresa
Irish presents the entertaining, inspirational and life-affirming story of
The Journey of the Letters. After the
2006 death of her father, Bud, recipient of the Silver Star, Purple Heart,
and two Bronze Stars, Teresa found the 1,000 letters he wrote home from
WWII and 250 corresponding photographs. Visited only by him over the
course of six decades, the letters were postmarked from Nov 1942 to Dec
1945. The fragile, yellowed pages were written to Bud’s parents, and
to the sweetheart who would later become his wife. These treasures are the
basis for the book A Thousand
Letters Home. From lonesome, moonlit nights listening to the Hit
Parade, to the foxholes and front lines in Germany, to correspondence with
the heartbroken mothers whose sons died by his side, this is a historic
story of life & loss, hope & perseverance, unwavering faith &
true love. The program is a heartfelt journey back in time, a tribute to
our country’s history, freedoms and family values, and a call to
citizenship in today’s world. Irish’s storytelling,
accompanied by 1940’s photographs and music, has audiences laughing,
crying, and reminiscing. This program reaches across generations with a
little something for everyone. This is for all Americans…Lest we
forget. 

Hardcover
and softcover books will be available for sale & signing. 

This
event is free and open to the public at the Parchment Community Library,
401 S. Riverview Drive, Parchment, MI. Limited to 50 participants, call
269-343-7747 or visit parchmentlibrary.org to
register.
   www.AThousandLettersHome.com.



-- 
Kristy Zeluff, Adult Services
Coordinator
Parchment Community Library
Ph. 269.343.7747
Kristy at parchmentlibrary.org
www.parchmentlibrary.org
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