Author Event with Susie Finkbeiner

We are excited to announce that Susie Finkbeiner, the Christian Booksellers Association bestselling, Michigan Notable Book author of The All-American, The Nature of Small Birds,  All Manner of Things, Stories That Bind Us, A Cup of Dust, A Trail of Crumbs, and A Song of Home will be at Georgetown Township Public Library to discuss her new release of “The All American.”

This visit is a part of the Michigan Notable Books Tour and brought to you with a grant from the Library Of Michigan. Book sales and signing will follow the presentation. 

Sixteen year old, Bertha Harding is not like other girls. She isn’t interested in getting married, having babies, and being a homemaker. She is far more interested in joining the neighborhood boys in a fast paced game of baseball.

Her eleven year old sister, Flossie, on the other hand, wants nothing more than to fit in with the girls in her class. But, try as she might, she can’t seem to make a single friend other than those she finds in her books. It’s in those books that she finds hope for her own happily-ever-after.

But every life has a few strikes against it. When their father is accused of being part of the Communist party, life comes crashing down around them. It is clear they can no longer stay in their home where rumors of the Harding family run rampant. They escape to the small town of Bear Run, Michigan.

It’s there where Bertha grows even more determined to play for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, even trying out for the Workington Sweet Peas. And it’s in Bear Run where Flossie learns to be a friend and to find the good in everything.