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SUMMARY:Meet the Author: Rona Simmons
LOCATION:Collins Hill Branch\nCollins Hill Branch
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DESCRIPTION:Join GCPL as author Rona Simmons discusses her newest book bas
 ed on a true story\, "A Gathering of Men". .\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.in
 fo/event/7227568
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Rona Simmons' book\,&nbsp\;<em>A Gathering
  of Men\,&nbsp\;</em>is the account of the boys who board their first airc
 raft after Pearl Harbor and the men they become in the blink of an eye. It
  is a moving tale\, based on a true story\, about shattered dreams. Simmon
 s is the winner of the 2022 Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal
  for Historical Fiction.</p>\n<p>Rona Simmons has authored historical fict
 ion and nonfiction. Both <em>A Gathering of Men</em> and <em>The Other Vet
 erans of World War II: Stories from Behind the Front Lines</em> shed light
  on little-known aspects of the Second World War. She is the daughter of a
  WWII fighter pilot and wife of a US Navy pilot and is proud to honor Vete
 rans and their stories through her work. Her articles and interviews have 
 appeared in regional and national literary journals and in online and prin
 t magazines and newspapers.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">Bo
 oks available for sale and signing.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="text-align: cent
 er\;"><strong>Free and open to the public.&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p style="
 text-align: center\;">Registration recommended but not required.</p>\n<p>*
 Adult Services</p>\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.info/event/7227568
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