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Books & Boutiques: A Benefit For Saint Luke's South featuring Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
EVENT: Books and Boutiques 2011, A Benefit for Saint Luke's South featuring luncheon speaker Helen Simonson
Shop 'til you drop! Join us for a day of shopping, food, and fun. Select local boutiques will come together for your shopping delight. Generous proceeds from every sale of fabulous fashion, beautiful baubles and handsome home accessories will help brain and stroke patients at Saint Luke's South. Participating boutiques include:
- Ambiance
- Amelia's
- artsy
- B's Bags West
- feng (founding retail sponsor)
- Frankie & Jules
- Girl Boutique
- J. Hathaway Boutique
- Madden McFarland Interiors
- Mady & Me
- Rainy Day Books (founding retail sponsor)
- Style & Grace
- Two Chic Blvd
- Vico's
Enjoy a feast for the senses. See an exquisite fashion show. Smell a spring bouquet. Taste a delicious gourment meal with friends. Hear Helen Simonson, best-selling author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand. Touch the lives of brain and stroke patients. Then take home a signed copy of Simonson's book for your continued enjoyment. Sponsors will have a special opportunity to meet Simonson at the Patron Party.
FEATURED GUEST: Helen Simonson was born in England and spent her teenage years in a small village in East Sussex. A graduate of the London School of Economics and former travel advertising executive, she has lived in America for the last two decades. A longtime resident of Brooklyn, Simonson, who received her M.F.A. from SUNY Stonybrook, now lives with her husband and two sons in the Washington D.C. area. This is her first novel.
BOOK: Set in the fictionalized community of Edgecombe St. Mary in the English countryside, MAJOR PETTIGREW’S LAST STAND centers around Major Ernest Pettigrew, a most honorable though slightly irascible gentleman whose safe and predictable life is forever changed when his relationship with the enchanting shopkeeper Jasmina Ali evolves into something more than friendship. Eccentric, funny and set in their own ways, Simonson’s colorful cast of village characters—the Major’s social climbing son, the meddlesome country club ladies, and the local Lord who may just be plotting to sell Edgecombe St. Mary to the highest bidder—try to stand in the way of the Major and Mrs. Ali. But with the perfect balance of wit and wisdom, Helen Simonson has created a world where happiness, while not necessarily preordained, is surely possible.
DATE/TIME: April 13, 2011
- 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Shopping
- Noon: Luncheon with Speaker Helen Simonson
LOCATION: Overland Park Convention Center, 6000 College Boulevard, Overland Park, Kansas 66211
For more details on the event, visit the Books & Boutiques event home page.
To register for this event, visit the Books & Boutiques registration page.
- Street:
- Overland Park Convention Center
- Additional:
- 6000 College Boulevard
- City:
- Overland Park ,
- Province:
- Kansas
- Postal Code:
- 66211
- Country:
- United States
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