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UPCOMING EVENT!
BOOK & AUTHOR LUNCHEON APRIL 17, 2009The 2009 Christamore House Guild Book & Author Luncheon will be held on April 17, 2009 at the Indiana Roof Ballroom. The event begins at 10:00 AM with luncheon ceremonies beginning at 11:00AM. The title sponsor for this year’s event is once again Vera Bradley and the distinguished guest authors will include:
Philip Gulley, I Love You, Miss Huddleston
Jill Kargman, The Ex-Mrs. Hedgefund
Laila Lalami, Secret Son
Mary McGarry Morris, The Last Secret
Sara Snow, Sara Snow’s Fresh Living – The Essential Room-By-Room Guide to a Greener Healthier Family and Home
Tickets will go on sale on February 25th and will be $85 per person. Tables will seat 10. To be placed on the invitation mailing list contact Karen Semler at jkjsemler@aol.com. For further information regarding tickets contact Susan Buroker at snburoker@yahoo.com and for further information regarding this event contact the even co-chairs, Liz Calkins at escalkins@aol.com or Annette Davis at mbdavisgang@aol.com. To advertise in our program, please contact Dana Bain at danabain2003@yahoo.com.
Philip Gulley: I Love You, Miss Huddleston
HarperCollins
In 1990 Philip Gulley began writing newsletter essays for the twelve members of his Quaker meeting in Indiana. Fourteen books later, with more than a million copies in print, master storyteller Gulley continues to share the tender and hilarious real-life moments that capture important truths of life. Set in 1960s Danville, Indiana, Gulley’s story recounts his coming-of-age journey, his infatuation with his sixth-grade teacher, Miss Huddleston, and his struggle to be held back and thus enjoy her charms for one more year. “Gulley is a Quaker pastor from Indiana with a charming sense of small-town life – and a shrewd sense of life in general” (Wall Street Journal). http://www.philipgulleybooks.com/AboutTheAuthor.html
Jill Kargman: The Ex-Mrs. Hedgefund
Dutton Books/Penguin Group
Jill Kargman, who grew up on the Upper East Side, where she now lives with her husband and two daughters, is the ideal chronicler of the lives of New York’s ultra-rich and ultra-ambitious. She captures their mores, conversations, and backstabbing with supreme style and ease. Kargman is the author of Momzillas and the coauthor of Wolves in Chic Clothing and The Right Address, both New York Times bestsellers. She has written for Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Town & Country. “It’s impossible to resist the charms of this modern Manhattan fairy tale. . . . What makes it all so enticing is watching those evil society stepsisters get their deliciously just deserts along the way” (People). www.jillkargman.com (Photo courtesy of Donna Newman.)
Laila Lalami: Secret Son
Algonquin Books
Youssef-el-Mekki, age nineteen, is living with his mother in the slums of Casablanca when he discovers that the father whom he believed dead is, in fact, alive and eager to befriend and support him. Leaving his mother behind, Youssef moves into a life and future he could only dream of: a famous and influential father, his own penthouse apartment, and all the luxuries associated with his new status. But an abrupt reversal of fortune returns him to the streets and friends of his childhood. It is a tale “told simply, beautifully, with heart and panache” (Gary Shteyngart). Lalami’s work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and the Washington Post. She is also the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship. www.lailalalami.com
Mary McGarry Morris: The Last Secret
Shaye Areheart Books/Random House
Widely praised as “a superb storyteller” (Washington Post) and “one of our finest American writers” (Miami Herald), Mary McGarry Morris has been compared to John Steinbeck and Carson McCullers. Vanished, her debut novel, was nominated for the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award. A Dangerous Woman came next, becoming one of Time Magazine’s Five Best Novels of the Year as well as a major motion picture. Her Songs in Ordinary Time emerged as an Oprah Book Club selection and CBS television movie, and was followed by the highly acclaimed Fiona Range. The Last Secret is about a woman who discovers her husband’s affair while at the same time a dark secret from her own past re-emerges with devastating consequences. www.marymcgarrymorris.com (Photo courtesy of Melissa Morris Danisch.)
Sara Snow: Sara Snow’s Fresh Living: The Essential Room-by-Room Guide to a Greener, Healthier Family and Home
Bantam Books/Random House
In this easy-to-follow guide, the host of the popular TV shows Living Fresh and Get Fresh with Sara Snow offers busy families simple, affordable ways to create a healthy, environmentally friendly home – room by room. Every day, families make countless consumer choices, from which diapers to use, to which apples to buy, to whether their next car should be a hybrid. This sensible guide to easing into living green cuts through the confusing array of options presented by the booming natural and organics industries. “What a fabulous book! Practical, affirming, and fresh, Sara provides great tips. Now I want a rain barrel!” (Alan Greene, M.D., clinical professor, Stanford University School of Medicine and author of Raising Baby Green). www.sarasnow.com
Christamore House Guild Cookbook
Don’t miss the very first CHG Cookbook! Created by the inventive cooks of the Guild itself and featuring treasured recipes contributed by members and associates, the CHG Cookbook is destined to become a collectors’ item as well as a source of special recipes. This appealing collection from some of Indianapolis’s most accomplished cooks is the perfect gift for friends and family members who love good food and who support the efforts of the Christamore House.
CHRISTMAS AT CHRISTAMORE, DECEMBER 2008 ~ In 2007 Christmas at Christamore served 157 families and provided Christmas for more than 350 children. Christmas at Christamore is a community-outreach program sponsored by the Christamore House Guild for Haughville families. Families apply for Christmas assistance and are screened by the Christamore House social worker and United Way. The qualified families are then “adopted” by Christamore House Guild members, community residents, businesses, and high school students. Applicants provide a wish list for children in their family as well as a list of family members for the donors. Every family receives, more….CHRISTAMORE HOUSE GUILD GALA ~ NOVEMBER 8, 2008 ~ Over 300 people were in attendance at this year’s Diamond Anniversary Celebration for the Christamore House Guild held on Saturday, November 8 at the Marriott Downtown Indianapolis. It was our 100th year of service celebration! The event included cocktails, dinner, silent and live auctions and dancing to “The Flying Toasters.” Proceeds from the Gala benefit various programs of the Christamore House, an inner city, multi-service center in the Haughville neighborhood if Indianapolis. More….
