Monday, October 09, 2017

Thrity chat October 22

There will be “A Conversation with Thrity Umrigar” 2-5 p.m. Sunday, October 22 at the Hagan family cottage overlooking Lake Erie.

It’s by invitation only. So you have to RSVP if you’re on the preferred list.

The Hagans live at 1572 Redbird Road, Madison, Ohio.

The Hagans’ post:

“To celebrate autumn, friendship and our love for books and to support a local author.

“Thrity will sign her latest novel, ‘Everybody's Son,’ and her other books at the event. Get a head start on your holiday shopping! Drinks and light refreshments provided by the Hagan family.”

Hagans and politics are an inseparable match.

The late Robert Emmett Hagan was Trumbull County commissioner, in the Ohio State Legislature as its most liberal member and ran unsuccessfully for Ohio lieutenant governor.

Among his 14 children was Tim Hagan, Cuyahoga County commissioner for two decades and 2002 Democratic nominee for Ohio governor.

Another of Robert’s sons, also a Robert Hagan, is in the Ohio House of Representatives after servng as an Ohio State Senator.

Former BJ reporter Thirty’s other books, many set in her native India, include “The Story Hour,”  “Bombay Time,” “The Space Between Us,” “If Today be Sweet,” “The Weight of Heaven,” “The World We Found” and “First Darling of the Morning.” 

The Babe From Bombay came to Ol’ Blue Walls in 1987.

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