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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
7:00 PM
Community Meeting Room
Open to the public

Award-winning novelist and children's author Mary Jane Auch will join us for an author talk and book signing of her title Ashes of Roses.

Travel back in time with 16-year-old Rose Nolan, an Irish immigrant who excitedly arrives in New York City with her family only to be greeted with hardship and disappointment.  Rose finds herself working at New York City's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory shortly before the 1911 fire that took the lives of 146 employees.  It's a riveting account of one of the worst industrial disasters in U.S. history.

Individual copies of Ashes of Roses will be available for purchase at the Lockport Public Library on Floor 3 beginning the first week of September. There will also be copies available to purchase on the evening of the program.  The cost is $5.00.
 Ashes of Roses book cover

Program sponsored by the Friends of the Lockport Public Library, Inc., and the Lockport City School District.

Monday, October 1, 2007
7:00 PM
Community Meeting Room
Open to the public

"The Tragic Triangle Fire: How it Impacted the History of the Garment Industry in Lockport and New York State."  Find out about the historical facts from Ashes of Roses. Presented by Doug Farley, Director of the Erie Canal Discovery Center and Director of Development at the History Center of the Niagara County Historical Society.

The Library's book discussion groups are also going to read and discuss Ashes of Roses.

September 24 - "Let's Talk About It" Book Discussion Group will discuss Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane Auch, 7:15 PM, Community Meeting Room.

October 9 - The Book Club Occasionally Influenced by Oprah's will discuss Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane Auch, 7:30 PM, Library Media Room.


There has been a community-wide effort to implement this program in Lockport. The Lockport Public Library has partnered with the Lockport City School District and the Niagara County Historical Society.   The LCSD included Ashes of Roses on their summer reading list for 11th grade. Students who completed an assessment for this title are welcome to attend an invitation-only reception sponsored by the LCSD at the High School Library the afternoon of October 23.


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