Join 702WI for an evening of s'mores, books & cocoa with
Marnie Mamminga, author of On a Clear Night
Saturday, December 8th @ 7pm
@ Madison Chocolate Company
Marnie Mamminga, author of On a Clear Night
Saturday, December 8th @ 7pm
@ Madison Chocolate Company
702WI invites you to warm up at Madison Chocolate Company with author Marnie Mamminga on Saturday, December 8th at 7pm for a special off-site event featuring s'mores, cocoa, and conversation!
Mamminga will discuss her latest essay collection On a Clear Night, and Madison Chocolate Company will provide the sweet treats. A book signing will follow.
Choose from three ticket options:
* One s'more and one cocoa without a book: $10
* One s'more, one cocoa, and one copy of On a Clear Night OR Return to Wake Robin: $30
* One s'more, one cocoa, and a copy of both books: $50
In this dazzling new collection, bestselling author Marnie O. Mamminga details the common experiences that unite those of us who live, love, and work in the heart of the country. With insight and humor, Mamminga chronicles a wide range of small but significant everyday moments: the anxiety of taking a teenager out for driving lessons, the nostalgic pleasure of watching the Cubs at Wrigley Field, the heartache of moving an aging parent into a nursing home, and the quiet bliss of sitting on a cabin’s porch, listening for loons and wolves under the Northwoods’ starry sky.
Combining elements of the personal and the universal, these essays chart the passage of time from childhood to adulthood, sickness to health, working life to retirement, parenthood to grand-parenthood, and everything in between. These sharply observed vignettes highlight the importance of taking time to appreciate the ordinary occurrences that profoundly shape our lives and the places we call home.
Marnie Mamminga has been a professional essayist and features writer for more than twenty years. Her work has appeared in numerous Chicken Soup for the Soul books as well as in the Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Reader's Digest, Detroit Free Press, Lake Superior Magazine, and The Writer. She is a frequent presenter at writers' workshops, including the UW's Wisconsin Writers' Institute. Her book Return to Wake Robin: One Cabin in the Heyday of Northwoods Resorts was selected as a Midwest Connections pick and recommended by Parade Magazine, and was featured on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Chapter a Day series.
Megan Hile runs Madison Chocolate Company, an independent, woman owned chocolate shop and small cafe that serves decadent sweets, gluten free house bakery, delicious ice cream, caramels, chocolate truffles and more. Our chocolate will put a smile in your heart and our espresso will put some pizazz into your step. We love you and so does our chocolate!
Madison Chocolate Company
729 Glenway Street / Madison, WI 53711