Power and the family foundation. What a terrific day we are blessed to host such celebrated authors in Trinity United Methodist church today which has been made possible by the generosity of curt anderson, we like to stand special thanks to our literary members and individual owners who have made and continue to make the festival free. Before we get started saturdays, i said sundays. To make Saturdays Free festival events possible. Before i get started there are always housekeeping issues. Immediately following the presentation, Cassandra King will sign books. She will leave here and go directly there and it would be great if you would let her get there. We have a new policy. If you are planning to stay for the next author presentation please move forward in the church as the venue empties so that the ushers can accurately count available seats. In years past we ask you to leave, today we ask you to step forward. Please take a minute to turn off your cell phones. I know you think you d
Will sign books. She will leave here and go directly there and it would be great if you would let her get there. We have a new policy. If you are planning to stay for the next author presentation please move forward in the church as the venue empties so that the ushers can accurately count available seats. In years past we ask you to leave, today we ask you to step forward. Please take a minute to turn off your cell phones. I know you think you did but please do. We also ask that you do not use flash photography. For the question and answer portion another change. Please raise your hand and the ushers will bring the microphone to you. Cassandra king is with us today courtesy of john and melanie, Cassandra King is author of five novels, most recently the critically acclaimed moonrise with her literary homage to rebecca. Moonrise was a Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance bestseller. Cassandra king is joining us to say to commemorate pat conroy, a leading figure in the 20th century
Moonrise was a Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance bestseller. Cassandra king is joining us today to help celebrate the 11 writers and friend of the festival pat conroy. A leading figure in the 20th century southern literature, conroy has influenced a generation of writers and move readers both in and out of the low country with his unforgettable pros. Today, king will discuss low country heart, a book published posthumously. I always struggle with that word. Please give a very warm welcome to cassandra king. [applause] thank you so much. It is great to be here in the sister city of savannah because i live over in buford. But im here frequently and i love savanna, i always think of savannah as scarlet ohara and charleston is miss melanie. So i have a soft spot for that. This of course is bittersweet for me to be here. Talking about that, especially here because its been almost a year. We took two weeks off from a year since his death and so its been a very difficult year as im su
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