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SUMMARY:Book Signing: Ona Mae's Deli & Bait Shop w/Renee Hodges
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special signing with author Renee Hodges and her new release\, Ona Mae’s Deli and Bait Shop! \n\n\n\nImmersive\, warm and utterly appealing\, Hodges makes you feel as if she has pulled up a chair and is relaying a story to you as an old friend would. Renée Hodges is an author to watch. — Rachel McMillan\, bestselling author of The London Restoration and the Mozart Code \n\n\n\nBekah’s Sunday-school faith is no match for her grown-up problems. With her fledgling marriage breaking up\, she opts for a do-over. Whitman\, Alabama\, the town of her college alma mater\, seems like a good choice. New degree. New friends. New life. Bekah 2.0. \n\n\n\nLife on campus and her work in Ona Mae’s Deli & Bait Shop introduce Bekah to a surprising range of diverse voices. Each offers appealing promises of truth and peace. Growing up\, she had been taught that God would give her those things\, but he seems like a fairy tale now. She plunges headlong into reinventing herself\, opening up to new people and experiences. \n\n\n\nWhitman is in the midst of its own makeover\, exchanging railroad tracks for bike trails and hushpuppies for hummus. As Bekah navigates her choices\, the town is forced to deal with fifty-year-old wounds when the mystery of the disappearance of five missing Civil Rights workers is unearthed. \n\n\n\nHealing is needed for Bekah and Whitman. Sounds simple. Right? \n\n\n\nA sensitive look at interracial understanding and the challenges of conflicting world views\, Ona Mae’s Deli & Bait Shop is perfect Christian Book Club fiction told through the lives of a community strengthened by forgiveness and grace. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRenée Hodges made a friend in the radiation center waiting room during a skirmish with breast cancer who inspired her to write a short story and that reignited her love for writing. With her three children out of the nest\, she’s concentrated on completing her first two novels\, Ona Mae’s Deli and Bait Shop and Caragin Farm. In downtime\, she and her husband enjoy traveling\, having friends over\, and hanging out in their easy pants watching cop shows and cooking competitions.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/book-signing-ona-maes-deli-bait-shop-w-renee-hodges/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday Book Signing: Hey Coach\, I Gotta Pee!
DESCRIPTION:One of Summerville’s own will be here on BOTH Third Thursday AND for Saturday’s Sweet Tea Festival to celebrate the new release of “Hey Coach\, I Gotta Pee!”: A Collection of Amusing Stories from a Youth Coach by Vincent R. Burruano! \n\n\n\nOne of the best parts of coaching boys aged 11 to 14 is you never know what they are going to do or say. Every interaction is a surprise. And while not every surprise is a treat\, it is still an amazing time to help influence the life of another person for the better. Growing up is not an easy journey. youth need the help and support of parents\, family\, teachers\, and coaches. \n\n\n\nYes\, the job of a youth coach goes beyond leading a team. It is about helping children grow\, develop\, explore\, learn\, fail\, succeed\, and eventually become the person they have the potential to become. As John Wooden says\, “A good coach can change a game. A great coach can change a life.”
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday-book-signing-hey-coach-i-gotta-pee/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Saturday Book Signing: "Hey Coach\, I Gotta Pee!"
DESCRIPTION:One of Summerville’s own will be here on BOTH Third Thursday AND for Saturday’s Sweet Tea Festival to celebrate the new release of “Hey Coach\, I Gotta Pee!”: A Collection of Amusing Stories from a Youth Coach by Vincent R. Burruano! \n\n\n\nOne of the best parts of coaching boys aged 11 to 14 is you never know what they are going to do or say. Every interaction is a surprise. And while not every surprise is a treat\, it is still an amazing time to help influence the life of another person for the better. Growing up is not an easy journey. youth need the help and support of parents\, family\, teachers\, and coaches. \n\n\n\nYes\, the job of a youth coach goes beyond leading a team. It is about helping children grow\, develop\, explore\, learn\, fail\, succeed\, and eventually become the person they have the potential to become. As John Wooden says\, “A good coach can change a game. A great coach can change a life.”
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/saturday-book-signing-hey-coach-i-gotta-pee/
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Summerville Sweet Tea Fest!
DESCRIPTION:The Sweet Tea Festival is a celebration of the birthplace of sweet tea\, right here in Summerville SC. Our Historic Downtown is transformed into a massive open house / street fair with different food trucks\, artisanal vendors and entertainment.  \n\n\n\nOf course\, there is plenty of sweet tea and you can help select the Tea of the Year by sampling and voting for your favorite! \n\n\n\nHere at Main Street Reads\, look for literary teas and plenty of related reads!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/summerville-sweet-tea-fest/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Special Sale
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SUMMARY:7th Annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention (Road Trip!)
DESCRIPTION:The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host the 7th annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention on Saturday\, September 30\, at the Culinary Institute of the South at the Technical College of the Lowcountry in Bluffton\, SC. Ideal for book club members\, those interested in joining a book club\, or anyone who simply loves the joy of reading\, the Lowcountry Book Club Convention is presented in partnership with NeverMore Books and the Technical College of the Lowcountry\, and made possible by the generous support of the Pulpwood Queens Books Club\, the largest book club in the U.S. \n\n\n\nTix are $40 with gourmet lunch or $15 w/out lunch. A group of readers and book clubbers from Main Street Reads will leave from the bookstore at 7 a.m. if you’d like to car share – come join the fun! We will ALSO have books at the store from below’s featured authors. If you’d like to get them in advance from us\, you’ll get the 10% book club discount AND we’ll donate 10% of sales back to the Pat Conroy Literary Center. \n\n\n\nThis year’s presenters include musician\, educator\, and bestselling novelist Brendan Slocumb\, author of The Violin Conspiracy (A Good Morning America Book Club Selection) and Symphony of Secrets; master entertainer and chef Johnathon Scott Barrett\, author of Cook & Celebrate: A Collection of Southern Holiday & Party Culinary Traditions; and teenage entrepreneur Sidney Keys III\, creator of the Books N Bros Book Club (featured in Forbes Magazine). The Convention will begin this year with a panel discussion highlighting five lowcountry novelists with new or recently released books: Donna Keel Armer (The Red Starfish)\, Laura Elizabeth (All Is Now Lost)\, Nancy Ritter (Slack Tide)\, Lynn Seldon (Carolina’s Ring)\, and John Warley (Jury of One). \n\n\n\nA gourmet box lunch will be provided by Catering by Debbi Covington. Books by presenting authors will be available for sale and signing. The Culinary Institute of the South will also be offering guided tours of their facility for the convention attendees. The registration fee includes all-day access to all three author events and a tour. \n\n\n\nSCHEDULE OF EVENTS (Saturday\, September 30) \n\n\n\n9:00-9:30 a.m. Check-in Begins \n\n\n\n9:30-10:30 a.m. Lowcountry Novelists Panel Discussion\, featuring Donna Keel Armer (The Red Starfish)\, Laura Elizabeth (All Is Now Lost)\, Nancy Ritter (Slack Tide)\, Lynn Seldon (Carolina’s Ring)\, and John Warley (Jury of One)\, moderated byPat Conroy Literary Center executive director Jonathan Haupt \n\n\n\n10:30-11:00 a.m. Book signing break \n\n\n\n11:00-12:00 p.m. As featured in the Good Morning America Book Club — musician\, educator\, and novelist Brendan Slocumb (The Violin Conspiracy and Symphony of Secrets) in conversation with Jonathan Haupt \n\n\n\n12:00-12:45 p.m.Book signing break & lunch: Gourmet box lunches by Catering by Debbi Covington. (Register by September 20 for lunch) \n\n\n\n12:45-1:45 p.m. Master entertainer and chef Johnathon Scott Barrett\, (Cook & Celebrate: A Collection of Southern Holiday & Party Culinary Traditions) in conversation with Mary Martha Greene (The Cheese Biscuit Queen Tells All) \n\n\n\n1:45-2:15 p.m. Book signing break \n\n\n\n2:15-3:15 p.m. As featured in Forbes Magazine — Sidney Keys III\, author of Books N Bros and founder of the Books N Bros book club\, in conversation with local students. \n\n\n\n3:15-3:45 p.m. Final book signing break and tour of the Culinary Institute of the South.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/7th-annual-lowcountry-book-club-convention-road-trip/
LOCATION:Culinary Institute of the South\, 1 Venture Drive\, Bluffton\, South Carolina\, 29910\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Celebration
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