[Michlib-l] U.P. Notable Book Club features Sharon M. Kennedy, author of The SideRoad Kids: Tales from Chippewa County

[Victor R. Volkman]

This is coming next Thursday, Jan 12th.  Zoom credentials are below.  
Please save this email and join us next week!

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      UP Notable Book Club presents a Q&A session with Sharon M.
      Kennedy, author of /The SideRoad Kids: Tales From Chippewa County/

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UP Notable Book Club:* the Crystal Falls Community District Library in 
partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) has 
scheduled author events with winners of the /UP Notable Book List/. The 
25th event is with Sharon M. Kennedy 
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whose//book /The SideRoad Kids:Tales of Chippewa County/ 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.

*Time*: Jan 12, 2023 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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*Portrait of the author Sharon M. Kennedy (Brimley, MI) 
<https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=9e194699b4&e=fd2c186103>SHARON 
M. KENNEDY* 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.
Ms. Kennedy writes a weekly newspaper column for /The Sault News/ and 
the /Cheboygan Tribune/. She authored /Life in a Tin Can/, a random 
collection of previously published columns. Sharon's most recent book, 
/View from the SideRoad: A Collection of Upper Peninsula Stories/ was 
just released. Her work also appears in all seven issues of the /U.P. 
Reader/.

Image of the book cover for "The SideRoad Kids: Tales of Chippewa 
County" 
<https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=21352e3347&e=fd2c186103>"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. /The SideRoad Kids: 
Tales from Chippewa County/ 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 /A Christmas Story/.  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 /Gift of the Magi /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. /The SideRoad Kids: Tales from Chippewa 
County/ 
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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. -- 
Read the complete review 
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at the /U.P. Book Review./

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More information about the U.P. Notable Book list, /U.P. Book Review, 
/and UPPAA can be found on www.UPNotable.com 
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*About the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA)*
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 www.uppaa.org 
<https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=908359ae66&e=fd2c186103>. 
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.
www.LHPress.com
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