Remembering
Frank McCourt
Aug. 30, 1930 – July 19, 2009
Join us at the store for a special reading of
selections from Mr. McCourt’s books on
Monday, July 27, 2009, from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Friends of The Book Stall (with deep Irish roots)will read from Frank McCourt’s memoirs Angela’s Ashes, ‘Tis, and Teacher Man.
We at The Book Stall recall few visiting authors as personally as we do
Frank McCourt. Our newsletter of September-October 1996 carried this probably little-noticed calendar item:
Wed., Sept. 25
Frank McCourt
Angela’s Ashes
Reading and signing at Cullen’s Bar,
3741 N. Southport, Chicago
Little did we know at the time of the signing—three weeks after the book’s publication––that Angela’s Ashes would become one of The Book Stall’s major bestsellers of the decade. By the time he came to sign ‘Tis, at the North Shore Country Day School, in November 1999, the book was already a #1 bestseller—and the event attracted more than 500 McCourt fans! Then six years later, he spent a Saturday afternoon at the store, on November 19, 2005, reading from and signing Teacher Man. His last visit was in November 2007, when he signed his children’s book, Angela and the Baby Jesus, along with its illustrator Loren Long.
Over the years, we missed no opportunity to connect with Mr. McCourt. Once, after the phenomenal success of Angela’s Ashes and upon its paperback publication, Roberta was determined to “borrow” him from his Chicagoland book tour and have him do an impromptu signing at the The Book Stall. Off we went, out to a far suburban Sam’s Club, where he was signing books in the tire section of the store. He was most gracious.
Frank McCourt, we will miss you. Thank you for your friendship.
Be sure to join us for this unique event: Monday, July 27, 2009 at 6:30 p.m.
Irish readers so far will include:
Helen Gallagher
Carol LaChapelle
Bill McGrane
Marguerite O'Connor
and more.
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