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SUMMARY:Visiting Author - Susan Bruzas - Turning on the Light: My Mysterious Illness and the Year that Transformed Me
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, December 4th as we welcome memoirist Susan Bruzas to Francie & Finch Bookshop. She will be reading from her new book Turning on the Light: My Mysterious Illness and the Year that Transformed Me.\nThis powerful new memoir shines a light on the silent struggle of a life-threatening\, unexplained illness—and the resilience it takes to reclaim your life when the odds are against you.” – Kirk House Publishers\nYou can order your copy through Francie & Finch HERE!\nAbout the Book:\nThe story of a woman whose “mysterious” illness takes over a year of her life. I felt like I had been completely absent. It was like coming out of anesthesia. It was as if I was emerging from a big blank. A void. I was waking up. And what I woke up to was hearing someone say\, “She’s sleeping.” I knew they were talking about me. Was I sleeping? No. I knew I wasn’t sleeping. Looking back on this now\, I can see that I was at a turning point. I had to decide whether I would continue on the trajectory I’d been on\, one that was headed straight for death or into a life in which I might not be fully conscious\, in which I wouldn’t be “me” anymore. Or would I decide to come back into the joyous\, often underappreciated life I’d been living? Which was it going to be? \nAbout the Author:\nSsusan Bruzas is living in Lincoln\,Nebraska. She spends her time traveling\, meditating\, visiting her grandchildren\,and returning often to the Pacific Northwest—where her life-altering journey began.
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/visiting-author-susan-bruzas-turning-on-the-light-my-mysterious-illness-and-the-year-that-transformed-me/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Live Music at Francie & Finch! - Prairie Psycho
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, December 5th as we have some fun with Prairie Psycho\, a Lincoln based garage-rock/power pop band!\nDo some holiday shopping\, enjoy live music\, and enjoy some cozy treats!! We can’t wait to see you there!
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/live-music-at-francie-finch-prairie-psycho/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Celebration - The Day We Found Yesterday
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fun celebration of Tamara Dever’s new book The Day We Found Yesterday! \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Book:\nThe Day We Found Yesterday\nA picture book that bridges generations with stories\, songs\, and a little retro magic. What if the greatest treasure isn’t something you find\, but something you share? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Eileen and her brothers as they set off on a secret quest to find something their Papa Jack and Nana Diane have been missing for years. Along the way\, they uncover stories\, laughter\, and music that bring their family’s memories to life. \nThe Day We Found Yesterday is a vibrant\, intergenerational story that celebrates connection\, creativity\, and the power of the past to shape our present. Written for children ages 5–8 and their GenX elders\, it’s a joyful read-aloud that invites conversation and is sure to inspire a few rounds of “name that tune.” \nThe Day We Found Yesterday is more than a picture book—it’s a multigenerational adventure wrapped in a nostalgic experience. \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Author:\nTamara Dever is an award-winning author and founder of TLC Book Design\, where she’s helped hundreds of authors publish their dreams. Beyond her beloved day job\, Tamara is a full-blown ’80s enthusiast—her office is a retro museum filled with cassette tapes\, Trapper Keepers\, vintage toys\, MTV memorabilia\, and cubical of Rubik’s Cubes. \nShe’s the creator of The Day We Found Yesterday and the Ultimate Mix Tape quiz books\, all inspired by the music\, magic\, and memories of her favorite decade. Tamara has hosted and guested on dozens of retro-themed podcasts\, sharing stories about music\, nostalgia\, and publishing. Tamara has been a featured guest on over 35 episodes and has interviewed iconic ’80s artists including Ivan Doroschuk (Men Without Hats)\, Ian Haugland (Europe)\, Michael Hanson (Glass Tiger)\, and Walfredo Reyes Jr. (Chicago\, Santana). \nWhen she’s not designing\, writing\, or rocking the keyboard in her band through the SW Austin School of Rock\, Tamara enjoys life in south Austin with her husband\, kids\, and a lovable dog named Bandit. You’ll often find her spinning vinyl\, scouting vintage treasures\, or simply chilling out with friends.
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/book-celebration-the-day-we-found-yesterday/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Visiting Author - Tom Chorneau - Mrs. Cook and the Klan: Booze\, Bloodshed\, and Bigotry in America’s Heartland
DESCRIPTION:Join us on December 10th at 5:30 as we give a warm welcome to Tom Chorneau! He will be discussing his book Mrs. Cook and the Klan.\n“Booze\, law\, politics\, temperance\, racism\, and organized crime all converged one hundred years ago in Iowa. Tom Chorneau uncovers the origins of how each of these components became engrained in society\, making a small Iowa town a microcosm of the broader country and dooming Mrs. Cook.”—Brian Haara\, author of Bourbon Justice: How Whiskey Law Shaped America\nOrder your copy HERE!\nAbout the Book:\nOn the day she was murdered\, Myrtle Underwood Cook boasted to local authorities about new evidence of a major bootlegging ring operating out of the Rock Island train depot behind her house in a small farming town in eastern Iowa. Then\, as she sat at her parlor window sewing\, she took a single slug through the heart. She was president of the local temperance union; her killing made the front page of the New York Times. The next day her funeral made national news due to the eerie presence of a small army from the Ku Klux Klan\, its members donned in full regalia\, drawn from three surrounding states. \nIt was September 1925\, and Al Capone had just taken over the Chicago Outfit\, evangelist Billy Sunday was converting thousands to temperance\, and the KKK had just marched on Washington\, DC. During its first half century of statehood\, Iowa lurched from wet to dry and back eight times before Prohibition was ratified in 1919. And back when Iowa was still a territory\, its Black Codes imprinted generations with a legacy of intolerance and racism. \nMrs. Cook and the Klan is a true crime investigation that not only sheds new light on Myrtle Underwood Cook’s unsolved killing but also explores the confluence of the social\, political\, and economic forces that brought the Klan\, lawless street gangs\, a local mob boss\, and the temperance movement together in a small American town. \nAbout the Author:\nTom Chorneau spent more than three decades in mainstream news as a reporter and editor\, with stops at the Associated Press and the San Francisco Chronicle among other outlets. He is the father of two wildly successful daughters and a grandfather to four blessed children. He lives in Sacramento. \nMore Praise for the Book:\n“Tom Chorneau’s account of a century-old mystery murder also tells an exceptional history of Iowa and the nation emerging around it. Meticulously researched\, this sweeping examination of liquor\, politics\, and Iowa society reveals an unforgettable cast of crooks\, bosses\, ministers\, crusaders\, and drinkers.”—Laura and James Wasserman\, authors of Who Saved the Redwoods? The Unsung Heroines of the 1920s Who Fought for Our Redwood Forests \n“Tom Chorneau’s deeply researched book revives memories of the feverish battles in America’s heartland over alcohol and race relations. This is a rich and entertaining history that is essential reading.”—Ray Locker\, author of Haig’s Coup: How Richard Nixon’s Closest Aide Forced Him from Office
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/visiting-author-tom-chorneau-mrs-cook-and-the-klan-booze-bloodshed-and-bigotry-in-americas-heartland/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Launch - Carole Levin & Marguerite A. Tassi  - Creatively Expanding the Premodern: Historical and Literary Afterlives
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we celebrate the release of Creatively Expanding the Premodern: Historical and Literary Afterlives \nby Carole Levin\, Marguerite A.Tassi\, Christine Stewart-Nuñez and Julia Griffin\nCo-authors Carole Levin and Marguerite A.Tassi will read from the book with Q&A and booksigning to follow.\nAbout the Book:\nThis book highlights the stories of women from premodern history and literature through models of adaptations\, retellings\, and criticism such as poems\, plays\, and essays. In reviving these voices from the background\, it widens the appeal and accessibility of scholarship in the humanities. \n  \nAbout the Authors:\nCarole Levin is Willa Cather Professor of History and Director of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program at the University of Nebraska where she specializes in early modern English women’s and cultural history. She received her Ph.D. from Tufts University. Her books include\, Shakespeare’s Foreign Worlds: National and Transnational Identities in the Elizabethan Age\, co-authored with John Watkins (Cornell University Press\, 2009); Dreaming the English Renaissance: Politics and Desire in Court and Culture (Palgrave Macmillan\, 2008); The Reign of Elizabeth I (Palgrave Macmillan\, 2002); and The Heart and Stomach of a King: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power (University of Pennsylvania Press\, 1994)\, which was named one of the top ten academic books of the 1990s by the readers of Lingua Franca\, September\, 2000. She has worked on two major exhibits\, “Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend” at the Newberry Library in Chicago and “To Sleep Perchance to Dream” at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC. She has been the recipient of two National Endowment for the Humanities long-term fellowships. She is the past president of the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women\, the co-founder and president of the Queen Elizabeth I Society\, and is Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. \nMarguerite A. Tassi is Professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She is the author of The Scandal of Images: Iconoclasm\, Eroticism\, and Painting in Early Modern English Drama (2005) and Women and Revenge in Shakespeare: Gender\, Genre\, and Ethics (2012) and the editor of Poetry for Kids: William Shakespeare (2018). \nPurchase Creatively Expanding the Premodern: Historical and Literary Afterlive  HERE\n 
URL:https://francieandfinch.com/event/visiting-author-carole-levin/
LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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