Patti Eddington knew early on that she was adopted and she loved her adoptive parents. But the day she opened a 1963 “Report of Investigation,” which was based on a caseworker’s one-day visit to her childhood home, the stories Eddington had been told about her early life began to unravel.
A genealogy test led Eddington to her biological family. She petitioned the court to unseal the records about her that had been locked up for almost sixty years and with those in hand, she began to put together the truth about her long-hidden past.
Eddington will be at the Book Nook and Java Shop in Montague Wednesday, June 25, to talk about that journey, which she penned into a compelling award-winning memoir “The Girl with Three Birthdays.”
The evening with Eddington begins at the Book Nook at 6:30 p.m. with an informal meet-and-greet. The program begins at 7 p.m.
This event is free and open to everyone. Patti Eddington’s book is available to purchase at the Book Nook.
This is the second in a series of summer author visits presented by the Friends of the Montague Library in partnership with the Book Nook and Java Shop.
On July 2, Dr. Susan Kruszynski will talk about her book Starter Guide to Creating Art Quilts. The award-winning art-quilter lives in Muskegon and divides her time between creating original collaged art quilt designs, marketing the fiber art in shows and galleries, teaching art quilting classes and giving lectures and shows for quilt guilds.
On July 16, Richard L. Smith returns to Montague to talk about his mystery-thriller The Yooperlite Conspiracy inspired by the real-life phenomena of glowing Yooperlite stones found in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Smith grew up in Montague and graduated from Montague High School in 1960.
On Aug. 6, Miles Harvey will talk about his collection of short stories titled The Registry of Forgotten Objects that was awarded the 2023 Journal Non/Fiction Prize from Ohio State University Press and Best Work of Adult Fiction from the Society of Midland Authors.
