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By Her Own Design by Piper Huguley book cover

Resolute Readers Book Club

"By Her Own Design"
2023-12-20 16:00:00 2023-12-20 16:45:00 America/Chicago Resolute Readers Book Club Discuss "By Her Own Design," a historical biographical novel about Ann Lowe, the African American designer of Jacqueline Kennendy's wedding dress. Fertile Public Library -

Wednesday, December 20
4:00pm - 4:45pm

Add to Calendar 2023-12-20 16:00:00 2023-12-20 16:45:00 America/Chicago Resolute Readers Book Club Discuss "By Her Own Design," a historical biographical novel about Ann Lowe, the African American designer of Jacqueline Kennendy's wedding dress. Fertile Public Library -

Discuss "By Her Own Design," a historical biographical novel about Ann Lowe, the African American designer of Jacqueline Kennendy's wedding dress.

The Resolute Readers Book Club meets the third Wednesday of the month at 4:00 pm.

Join us in December to discuss "By Her Own Design" by Piper Huguley.
The incredible untold story of how Ann Lowe, a Black woman and granddaughter of slaves, rose above personal struggles and racial prejudice to design and create one of America's most famous wedding dresses of all time for Jackie Kennedy.

All are welcome, even if you haven't read "By Her Own Design." If you have any questions, feel free to email us at fertile@larl.org. 

Find the Book:

Physical Book | hoopla ebook
MNLink (add "need extra copy for book club")

Listen to an interview with the author, Piper Huguley on the 'Wine, Women, and Words' podcast.

Find the discussion questions here.

AGE GROUP: | Young Adults | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Clubs |

TAGS: | wedding | John F. Kennedy | Jacqueline Bouvier | history | historical | fashion | dressmaker | dress | designer | biographical fiction | Ann Lowe | African American |

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The Fertile Public Library is tucked inside the Duane Knutson Community Center on Mill Street across the street from the Main Street Station & Deli. The Fertile Library is a large one-room library with access to a small meeting room and auditorium that can be reserved through the city office and 24-hour access to WiFi.

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