May Purple Onion Bookclub

Greetings from the Purple Onion Bookclub, sponsored by the Hamline Bookstore! 

Please join us this May as we dive into the compelling story of Faina McCoy, a young girl caught in a perilous scheme of elaborate lies created for her own harrowing system of survival in the outstanding book, Where No Gods Came, by Hamline professor, Sheila O’Connor. 

We will be gathering on Monday, May 11, from 6:15-7pm, at Gingko Coffeehouse, across the street from the Hamline Bookstore. 

All are welcome to attend our informal and interactive discussions, and to participate and/or observe as much or as little as you like. 

Please feel free to share this invitation with all of your book loving friends and family and then send us a quick Facebook RSVP!  

May is almost here!

The reviews are in… Where No Gods Came is the perfect spring time read!

"Written with precision and perception, this is a highly recommended work from a writer to watch." Library Journal

Grab a copy today and dive into the warm and wonderful prose of local author, Sheila O'Connor, and then join us on Monday, May 11, at Gingko's Coffeehouse, across the street from the Hamline Bookstore, for an informal chat about this book and others by the author.

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MAY is almost here!

Grab your copy of Where No Gods Came by Sheila O’Connor and start reading ASAP!

for your poetic reading enjoyment, here is a little Purple Onion haiku about our latest get together :-)

LIES, KNIVES, and GIRLS IN RED DRESSES 
Open Bookclub night
meets acoustic open mike.
Thoughts, opinions shared.
#PurpleOnionBookclub
#HamlineBookstore
#seeyounexttime

Fractures and fairy tales and feasts and beasts and more!
Please join us this Monday for feedback galore
on the tall tales spun anew in Mr. Koertge's free verse collection
of twisted Grimm tales and dancing girls with many directions!

Hope to see you all this coming Monday!