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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Vanessa Miller
LOCATION:Duluth Branch\nDuluth Branch
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DESCRIPTION:Join bestselling author Vanessa Miller in discussion of her la
 test book\, "The Filling Station\," a story of two sisters during the 1921
  Tulsa Race Massacre. .\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.info/event/12770197
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Two sisters. One unassuming haven. Endless
  opportunities for grace.</p>\n<p>Sisters Margaret and Evelyn Justice have
  grown up in the prosperous Greenwood District of Tulsa\, Oklahoma--also k
 nown as Black Wall Street. Then the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre upends everyt
 hing they know and brings them unspeakable loss. Left with nothing but eac
 h other\, the sisters flee along what would eventually become iconic Route
  66 and stumble upon the Threatt Filling Station\, a safe haven and the on
 ly place where they can find a shred of hope in oppressive Jim Crow Americ
 a.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">Registration is recommended
 .</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><em><span style="color: #808080\;">
 <strong>By registering\, you consent to signing up for the monthly Adult P
 rograms newsletter.&nbsp\;</strong></span></em></p>\n<p style="text-align:
  center\;">Books will be available for purchase and signing from <a href="
 https://www.read-it-again.com/">Read It Again Bookstore</a>.&nbsp\;</p>\n<
 p style="text-align: center\;"><img src="https://static.libnet.info/fronte
 nd-images/events/gwinnettpl/AS_RIA_Logo.png" width="89" height="89" alt=""
  /></p>\n<hr />\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/e
 vents/gwinnettpl/Vanessa_Miller.jpg" width="73" height="110" alt="" /></p>
 \n<p>Vanessa Miller is a bestselling author\, playwright\, and motivationa
 l speaker. She started writing as a child\, spending countless hours eithe
 r reading or writing poetry\, short stories\, stage plays\, and novels. Va
 nessa&rsquo\;s creative endeavors took on new meaning in 1994 when she bec
 ame a Christian. Since then\, her writing has been centered on themes of r
 edemption\, often focusing on characters facing multi-dimensional struggle
 s.</p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/gwi
 nnettpl/Gabrielle_Dudley.jpeg" width="77" height="77" alt="" /></p>\n<p>Ga
 brielle M. Dudley is the Assistant Director of Public Services at the Stua
 rt A. Rose Manuscript\, Archives\, and Rare Book Library at Emory Universi
 ty. She is the co-curator of the exhibition &ldquo\;At the Crossroads: Ben
 ny Andrews\, Flannery O&rsquo\;Connor\, and Alice Walker&rdquo\; and the c
 urator of &ldquo\;She Gathers Me: Networks Among Black Women Writers.&rdqu
 o\;</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\; background-color: #ffff
 ff\;">* Presented by Adult Services</span></p>\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.
 info/event/12770197
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