Author Karen Hasley, of Cuyahoga Falls, will participate in the Downtown Akron Partnership book club meeting to discuss her book, Where Home Is on Thursday, February 4, noon, at the Akron Art Museum. The book club, which was formed last summer as a part of Downtown Akron Partnership’s GO: Get Out of the Office initiative, meets at noon on the first Thursday of every month.
About the Author
Hasley developed a true appreciation for the remarkable contributions woman have made to society and civilization while researching women writers of the seventeenth century when she was working on her thesis for an M.A. in English. Combining history and literature in her own voice was a natural next step and the beginning of her unique historical romances. One of Hasley's recurring themes in her fiction is that whether settling a prairie, a tenement, or a suburb, whether homesteading or running the family business, whether born in 1870 or 1970, women display a remarkable strength, a unique insight, an encouraging hope, and a steady focus on family, home, and personal enthusiasms.
Since the publication of Hasley's first novel, Lily’s Sister, in the summer of 2006, she has been busy writing, promoting, making public speaking appearances, and marketing. Circled Heart, published in December 2009, is book four of the Laramie Series that began with Lily's Sister and continued with Waiting for Hope and Where Home Is. Karen's books integrate real-life women of history— Jane Addams, Dr. Alice Hamilton, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Dr. Katherine Harwood Waller Barrett and Donaldina Cameron—into the lives of remarkable fictional heroines of strength and passion.
About the Downtown Akron Partnership Book Club
The GO program was started during Summer 2009 to encourage Downtown Akron employees to get out of the office and explore all of the amenities that Downtown has to offer. Membership in the Downtown Akron Partnership book club is open to anyone who lives, works, goes to school or enjoys visiting Downtown Akron. If you are interested in joining the book club please contact Kimberly Beckett at kbeckett@downtownakron.com or 330-762-9550 for more information. Please RSVP to Kimberly Beckett if you are interested in attending the February 4 meeting.
About Downtown Akron Partnership
The mission of Downtown Akron Partnership (DAP) is to promote and build a vibrant and valuable Downtown. DAP is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing people, activity, business and a thriving civic life to the heart of Akron. Through strategic marketing, clean and safe programs and management of Downtown's resources, DAP works to promote Downtown as a gathering place in the center of our community.
DAP’s members include property owners, business leaders and government officials who want to improve the image of Downtown as a safe, convenient location for businesses, working professionals and families. DAP is governed by a Board of Trustees as diverse as the interests of our city.
