Program Recommendation: Teresa Irish
I know I've seen her name mentioned here at least once, but I can't resist putting one more recommendation in the mix for author Teresa Irish. Her book, A Thousand Letters Home: One WWII Soldier's Story of War, Love and Life chronicles her father's life and the discovery of his one thousand letters written from the Western Front of World War II. Her presentation, from the first word, was gripping and entertaining. By the end, we hadn't one dry eye in the house and many of our senior patrons were singing wartime radio ballads and folk favorites with her. I'm tempted to say that if you have a large senior population or a rabid base of WWII enthusiasts, this would be the program to feature. But truly, her program is universally appealing and our audience here at Shelby was rapt every minute. To contact Teresa for a library booking: Teresa@AThousandLettersHome.com or (734) 502-4577 -- Katie Ester Director Shelby Township Library 51680 Van Dyke Shelby Township, MI 48316 (586) 726-2344
I second this!! She is absolutely fabulous and her displays are also gorgeous that go with her presentation! Julie -----Original Message----- From: michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org] On Behalf Of Katie Ester Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 3:12 PM To: michlib-l@mcls.org Subject: [Michlib-l] Program Recommendation: Teresa Irish I know I've seen her name mentioned here at least once, but I can't resist putting one more recommendation in the mix for author Teresa Irish. Her book, A Thousand Letters Home: One WWII Soldier's Story of War, Love and Life chronicles her father's life and the discovery of his one thousand letters written from the Western Front of World War II. Her presentation, from the first word, was gripping and entertaining. By the end, we hadn't one dry eye in the house and many of our senior patrons were singing wartime radio ballads and folk favorites with her. I'm tempted to say that if you have a large senior population or a rabid base of WWII enthusiasts, this would be the program to feature. But truly, her program is universally appealing and our audience here at Shelby was rapt every minute. To contact Teresa for a library booking: Teresa@AThousandLettersHome.com or (734) 502-4577 -- Katie Ester Director Shelby Township Library 51680 Van Dyke Shelby Township, MI 48316 (586) 726-2344 _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list Michlib-l@mcls.org http://mail2.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l
I'll "third" it. She had half of the attendees at our event on Veteran's Day in tears. Bill Harmer Director Chelsea District Library 221 S. Main Chelsea, MI 48118 734-475-8732 On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Julie Farkas <JFarkas@novilibrary.org> wrote:
I second this!! She is absolutely fabulous and her displays are also gorgeous that go with her presentation! Julie
-----Original Message----- From: michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org] On Behalf Of Katie Ester Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 3:12 PM To: michlib-l@mcls.org Subject: [Michlib-l] Program Recommendation: Teresa Irish
I know I've seen her name mentioned here at least once, but I can't resist putting one more recommendation in the mix for author Teresa Irish. Her book, A Thousand Letters Home: One WWII Soldier's Story of War, Love and Life chronicles her father's life and the discovery of his one thousand letters written from the Western Front of World War II. Her presentation, from the first word, was gripping and entertaining. By the end, we hadn't one dry eye in the house and many of our senior patrons were singing wartime radio ballads and folk favorites with her. I'm tempted to say that if you have a large senior population or a rabid base of WWII enthusiasts, this would be the program to feature. But truly, her program is universally appealing and our audience here at Shelby was rapt every minute.
To contact Teresa for a library booking: Teresa@AThousandLettersHome.com or (734) 502-4577
-- Katie Ester Director Shelby Township Library 51680 Van Dyke Shelby Township, MI 48316 (586) 726-2344 _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list Michlib-l@mcls.org http://mail2.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l
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We too hosted Teresa Irish's A Thousand Letters Home for Veterans Day. Not only did we have a great turnout and Teresa's stories brought everyone (yes, everyone) to tears, our sponsor for the event, a local business, immediately offered to sponsor a repeat engagement for our high school kids. He feels strongly that Teresa's stories about opportunity (as opposed to entitlement) should be shared with our local kids. The night was truly magical. [cid:image001.gif@01D010AB.55305FB0]<http://www.howelllibrary.org/>Donna Olson Information Specialist 314 W Grand River, Howell, MI 48843 (517) 546-0720 x131 | (517) 546-1494 (fx) www.howelllibrary.org<http://www.howelllibrary.org/> www.linkedin.com/in/olsondonna<http://www.linkedin.com/in/olsondonna> "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." Groucho Marx
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Olson, Donna