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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Dana Renee Green
LOCATION:Lawrenceville Hooper-Renwick Branch\nLawrenceville Hooper-Renwick
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DESCRIPTION:Dana Renee Green discusses her debut novel\, Every Goodbye Ain
 't Gone\, a joyful story about permission\, pleasure\, and choosing yourse
 lf without apology.\n.\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.info/event/17672809
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>A moving celebration of life at its most f
 ragile and most fierce\; a reminder that it&rsquo\;s never too late to cho
 ose yourself.</p>\n<p>Renie has always done what&rsquo\;s expected of her.
  At thirty-nine\, she&rsquo\;s a devoted wife\, a mother of seven\, and th
 e kind of woman who puts everyone else first. But just weeks after giving 
 birth to her youngest child\, Renie is diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cance
 r and given three months to live.</p>\n<p>She begins a journal for her chi
 ldren\, a way to leave behind the pieces of herself she won&rsquo\;t be th
 ere to give. As Renie fills these pages she starts to see her life clearly
 &mdash\;for the first time. The years of sacrifice. The dreams deferred. T
 he woman she never fully allowed herself to be. And with that clarity come
 s the bold urgent decision to live on her own terms.</p>\n<p style="text-a
 lign: center\;">Books will be available for sale and signing.</p>\n<p styl
 e="text-align: center\;"><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-ima
 ges/editor/gwinnettpl/AS_A_Small_Place_Bookshop.jpg" width="108" height="1
 08" alt="" /></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong>Registration is
  requested.&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">* By regi
 stering\, you consent to signing up for the monthly Adult Programs newslet
 ter.&nbsp\;</p>\n<hr />\n<p><strong><img src="https://static.libnet.info/f
 rontend-images/events/gwinnettpl/AS_Dana_Renee_Green.jpg" width="77" heigh
 t="92" alt="" /></strong></p>\n<p><strong>Dana Renee Green</strong> holds 
 bachelor&rsquo\;s degrees in biological sciences and nursing\, and a maste
 r&rsquo\;s degree in social work. She has three children and has worked as
  a registered nurse for seventeen years. <em>Every Goodbye Ain&rsquo\;t Go
 ne</em> is her debut novel.</p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/f
 rontend-images/events/gwinnettpl/AS_Marcie_L__Thomas.jpg" width="77" heigh
 t="95" alt="" /></p>\n<p>Moderator <strong>Marcie L. Thomas</strong> is th
 e Founder of Brown Girl Collective and the BGC Book Club\, platforms that 
 celebrate the brilliance\, beauty\, and boldness of Black women. Through t
 he BGC Book Club\, she highlights works by Black women authors\, and with 
 her &ldquo\;Live Well\, Sister!&rdquo\; interview series\, she amplifies v
 oices that inspire holistic well-being. As a curator\, connector\, and cul
 tural storyteller\, Marcie creates spaces where Black women feel seen\, ce
 lebrated\, and empowered.</p>\n<p><span style="color: #808080\;">Presented
  by Adult Services.&nbsp\;</span></p>\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.info/even
 t/17672809
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