Local author, journalist and editor Leara Rhodes is celebrating the release of her second novel, The Darkest Midnight in December. The story follows Sharon McGee, a woman who leaves New York to start a new life in Savannah where she works as an accountant for an Irish shipping firm while staying in a boarding house with Irish nursing students. She eventually finds herself in the midst of a romantic dilemma, torn between two very different men. This special Christmas launch event will feature 300-year-old Irish carols performed by the Book Club Singers under the direction of Aimée Marcoux, who is the associate director of the Classic City Band, with Rebekah Boles of the Athens Symphony on keyboard. The songs go hand-in-hand with Rhodes’ story, the title of which is taken from the first line of one of the carols.
WHO: Leara Rhodes and the Book Club Singers
WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 7, 3 p.m.
WHERE: Foxglove Plantbar
HOW MUCH: FREE!
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