Be sure to join us for our “Keystone Book Club”! We are so excited to start this new tradition and we hope you will join us.
This club meets on the last Sunday of each month at 1:30 PM. Our goal is to read all kinds of books with a focus on Ohio authors that provoke thoughtful and entertaining discussions. Everybody is welcome to join in!
For April 30th we will be discussing Ohio Author Joni Foster’s book: “When Normal Blew Up”. You can pick up your copy now to start reading and then join us for our meetup!
You can also pre-pay in person at the store or call 740-474-7526 during normal business hours and pay with your credit card.
Those who attend this month’s club will help decide what we will read for next month.
ABOUT THIS MONTHS BOOK
In 1967, in the small town of Circleville, Ohio, a man walked into an old-fashioned drug store on a busy Saturday and laid a smoking package on the pharmacy counter in the back. He shouted for everyone to leave, he had a bomb. The store owner grabbed the package and ran down the back hallway. The man chased the owner, grabbed him and struggled to take the package away. A pharmacist saw what was happening, raced after both, and tried to pull the two apart. A clerk was standing at the back door. A bookkeeper was in the back office, unaware. The bomb went off. Five people died that day, leaving five spouses and fifteen children to grieve in silence, and a stunned community to pick up the pieces. Fifty years later, Joni Foster, who was nine at the time and daughter to the pharmacist who died, began a quest to find out in detail who these people were and what exactly happened. Over nine months, she would interview members from each family to hear their stories of what life was like before, what happened that day, and how they moved forward. Most of the people she interviewed had never told their story before to anyone, including members of their own families. The story is a tragedy, a history lesson on the slow, painful emancipation of women, and ultimately a love story to the families trying to live normal lives.
To keep up with events like our book signings, special discounts, coupons and more please sign up for our mailing list: http://eepurl.com/b5DbX1
Keystone Book Club
Be sure to join us for our “Keystone Book Club”! We are so excited to start this new tradition and we hope you will join us.
This club meets on the last Sunday of each month at 1:30 PM. Our goal is to read all kinds of books with a focus on Ohio authors that provoke thoughtful and entertaining discussions. Everybody is welcome to join in!
For April 30th we will be discussing Ohio Author Joni Foster’s book: “When Normal Blew Up”. You can pick up your copy now to start reading and then join us for our meetup!
You can order your copy here:
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You can also pre-pay in person at the store or call 740-474-7526 during normal business hours and pay with your credit card.
Those who attend this month’s club will help decide what we will read for next month.
ABOUT THIS MONTHS BOOK
In 1967, in the small town of Circleville, Ohio, a man walked into an old-fashioned drug store on a busy Saturday and laid a smoking package on the pharmacy counter in the back. He shouted for everyone to leave, he had a bomb. The store owner grabbed the package and ran down the back hallway. The man chased the owner, grabbed him and struggled to take the package away. A pharmacist saw what was happening, raced after both, and tried to pull the two apart. A clerk was standing at the back door. A bookkeeper was in the back office, unaware. The bomb went off. Five people died that day, leaving five spouses and fifteen children to grieve in silence, and a stunned community to pick up the pieces. Fifty years later, Joni Foster, who was nine at the time and daughter to the pharmacist who died, began a quest to find out in detail who these people were and what exactly happened. Over nine months, she would interview members from each family to hear their stories of what life was like before, what happened that day, and how they moved forward. Most of the people she interviewed had never told their story before to anyone, including members of their own families. The story is a tragedy, a history lesson on the slow, painful emancipation of women, and ultimately a love story to the families trying to live normal lives.
To keep up with events like our book signings, special discounts, coupons and more please sign up for our mailing list: http://eepurl.com/b5DbX1