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NYT Bestselling Author Event: Tim Madigan

June 28 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm CDT

Join us at Cherry Street Books as we welcome Tim Madigan (author of ā€œIā€™m Proud of Youā€)!

About the book:
It began as another newspaper assignment, a celebrity profile of the childrenā€™s television icon. But in Fred Rogers, Texas journalist Tim Madigan found more than a fascinating subject. From their first meeting in 1995, at Rogersā€™ invitation, the two became unlikely friends, a deep and abiding relationship that lasted until Rogersā€™ death in 2003.

In that time, Madigan found Rogers to be much more than the calm and compassionate personality of television. He was a person of unique human greatness who embodied love, compassion and wisdom his every waking moment. He was the transcendent being who guided Madigan through periods of life-threatening depression and the tragic death of a sibling and helped him heal his difficult relationship with his father.Iā€™m Proud of You reveals Fred Rogers as a person who deserves a place among historyā€™s greatest people. It chronicles male friendship at its finest and most powerful. And it is a book that has already brought hope and inspiration to many thousands of its readers. With this second edition, including a new afterword by the author, the inspiration continues.

ā€œFred comes to life in I’m Proud of You, with his simple goodness etched on every page, and his complicated greatness etched in the heart of every reader who finishes the book and decides to become a better person.”ā€”Tom Junod, writer at large for Esquire

ā€œA loving testament to the power of friendship and to a most remarkable man.ā€ –The Boston Sunday Globe

ā€œIā€™m Proud of You will connect with the same audience that loved Mitch Albomā€™s Tuesdays with Morrie and its celebration of male mentoring and friendship.ā€ ā€“ USA Today

ā€œA poignant, inspiring accountā€¦ā€ ā€“ Minneapolis Star-Tribune

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Date:
June 28
Time:
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm CDT
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Cherry Street Books
Phone
320-763-9400
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Your Name
Emily Regnier
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Cherry Street Books
503 Broadway
Alexandria, MN 56308 United States
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320-763-9400
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