We had about 40 guests and sold about 30 copies, including several orders for the hardcover version. I was especially happy to meet Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down, who made an appearance and bought not only Cousin Ann, but also said he previously bought a copy of LFT for the kids in his family and they love it! That just made my day. My new marketing slogan can now be, "Lizzie Fox-Top: Mark Bowden has it, so should you!"
Richard and I also did a dramatic reading, he of the historically significant and very moving true story, "Henry Box Brown"...
...and me of my favorite poem in the book, "Johnny Vanline."
It's my favorite because it's so comically heavy-handed with its morality:
Oh never drink cider,
Oh never drink wine,
Nor beer, rum nor brandy
Or shame will be thine
...
But one cold, stormy night
He fell drunk by the sign,
And they found him there dead:
Poor Johnny Vanline!
Ah, fun times. We all toasted to that one.
It was such a great time, and once again I felt so lucky to have such awesome friends and family, who came all the way out to little Oxford, PA (even 2 cars of friends from Philly, which is an hours' drive!) to support me and my new book.
And did I mention it's available on Amazon?
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