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;X -APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Chelsea District Library:geo:42.3165452,-84.01979 92 GEO:42.3165452;-84.0197992 DESCRIPTION:Meets at Seredipity Books--108 E. Middle St..\nhttps://chelsea districtlibrary.libnet.info/event/11817601 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join CDL and Michelle Tuplin as we meet at Serendipity Books to discuss Tin Camp Road by Ellen Airgood. This title i s the 1st for the Dexter-Chelsea Community Reads.
\n\nSet aga
inst the wide-open beauty of Michigan&rsquo\;s Upper Peninsula\, Tin Camp
Road is a wise\, big-hearted novel from Ellen Airgood in which a young sin
gle mother and her ten-year-old daughter stand up to the trials of rural p
overty and find the community they need in order to survive.
Laurel H
ill and her precocious daughter Skye have always been each other&rsquo\;s
everything. The pair live on Lake Superior\, where the local school has cl
asses of just four children\, and the nearest hospital is a helicopter rid
e away. Though they live frugally\, eking out a living with Laurel&rsquo\;
s patchwork of jobs\, their deep love for each other feels like it can war
m them even on the coldest of nights. What more do they need?One otherwise
normal afternoon\, their landlord decides to evict them in favor of a mor
e profitable summer rental\, and\, without any warning\, they are pushed f
arther to the margins. Suddenly it feels like the independence that has de
fined them is a liability. And when a dangerous incident threatens to sepa
rate them\, Laurel and Skye must forever choose&ndash\;will they leave the
place they love and the hardscrabble life they&rsquo\;ve built to move cl
oser to civilization\, or risk everything to embrace the emptiness and wil
dness that has defined them?What follows is an uplifting\, profoundly movi
ng story about a mother and daughter fighting for each other\, against all
odds\, as they learn to build community and foster the resilience that wi
ll keep them alive.
Praise for Tin Camp Road and Ellen Airgood:
&ldquo\;An affecting portrait of the region and its residents\, filled wit
h love and pride.&rdquo\; &mdash\;Kirkus Reviews
&ldquo\;Moving an d brave.&rdquo\; &mdash\;People Magazine
\n&ldquo\;Airgood&rsquo\;s characters feel true and rich\, outwardly simple&mdash\;the hardworking\, salt-of-the-earth types found in every community&mdash\;but internally com plex as they strive for happiness\, connection\, fulfillment\, and comfort in each other\, their surroundings\, and themselves. A leisurely read wit h a strong sense of place that is ideal for pairing with the stony beaches of Lake Superior or the sharp crackle of a campfire\, or for experiencing the shift in atmosphere reading fiction provides.&rdquo\; &mdash\;BOOKLIS T
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