BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20240123T223000Z DTEND:20240123T233000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Mystic Book Club: Snowflakes and Coffee Cakes DESCRIPTION:Interested in reading books based in CT\, or written by authors who have lived in the Nutmeg State? Our Mystic Book Club could be the activity for you! Our January book is "Snowflakes and Coffee Cakes" by Joanne DeMayo. This book is set in CT.\n\n\n\nFrom the jacket: "Reluctant to leave her cherished New England hometown after her sister's winter wedding\, former journalist Vera Sterling makes a sudden decision. She takes what's left of her severance pay and invests it in real estate ... in one particular drafty colonial home and old timber barn set upon the pretty banks of Addison Cove. In that rough-hewn barn\, she discovers a secret treasure left behind by the previous owner\, the proprietor of the long-forgotten Christmas Barn gift shop.\n\n\n\nWhile restoring her run-down\, wood-sided home--its creaking floors\, broken banister\, and neglected widow's walk--that secret slowly unfolds like a bit of snowflake wonder\, crystallizing hopes and dreams for many in this small Connecticut town. But mostly for Derek Cooper\, whose own tragic story has headlined Addison's news. And whom Vera has come to love.\n\n\n\nWhen the first snowstorm hits during Derek's annual Deck the Boats Festival at the cove\, residents become stranded. It is then up to Vera to not only bring the town together\, but to mend one man's heart she fears she may have lost." \n\n\n\nPlease register online\, and then stop into the Mystic Branch to pick up a free copy of the book. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Interested in reading books based in CT\, or written by authors who have lived in the Nutmeg State? Our Mystic Book Club could be the activity for you! Our January book is "\;Snowflakes and Coffee Cakes"\; by Joanne DeMayo. This book is set in CT.
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\nFrom the jacket: "\;Reluctant to leave her cherished New England hometown after her sister'\;s winter wedding\, former journalist Vera Sterling makes a sudden decision. She takes what'\;s left of her severance pay and invests it in real estate ... in one particular drafty colonial home and old timber barn set upon the pretty banks of Addison Cove. In that rough-hewn barn\, she discovers a secret treasure left behind by the previous owner\, the proprietor of the long-forgotten Christmas Barn gift shop.
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\nWhile restoring her run-down\, wood-sided home--its creaking floors\, broken banister\, and neglected widow'\;s walk--that secret slowly unfolds like a bit of snowflake wonder\, crystallizing hopes and dreams for many in this small Connecticut town. But mostly for Derek Cooper\, whose own tragic story has headlined Addison'\;s news. And whom Vera has come to love.
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\nWhen the first snowstorm hits during Derek'\;s annual Deck the Boats Festival at the cove\, residents become stranded. It is then up to Vera to not only bring the town together\, but to mend one man'\;s heart she fears she may have lost."\; \;
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\nPlease register online\, and then stop into the Mystic Branch to pick up a free copy of the book. LOCATION:Chelsea Groton Bank's Mystic Branch 2 Water Street Mystic\, CT UID:e.1932.28635 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260504T234514Z URL:http://middlesex-gzcms.preview.gochambermaster.com/events/details/mystic-book-club-snowflakes-and-coffee-cakes-28635 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR