Meet Central Ohio Memoir Authors Hanna and Ambrosio on February 29

Feb. 12, 2012 - PRLog -- COLUMBUS, OHIO, February 12, 2012 — Ohio Writers' Guild members Margaret Hanna and Carmen Ambrosio will read excerpts, sell and sign copies of their memoirs during "Take a Literary Leap with Local Authors" on Wednesday, February 29 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Global Gallery Coffee Shop, 3535 North High Street in Clintonville.

Former teacher and prize-winning children's author Margaret Leis (Peg) Hanna wrote WHILE … in collaboration with Brunhilde Maurer (Hilde) Barron. WHILE … chronicles the childhoods of the co-authors as they grew up on opposite sides of World War II and the Atlantic. The women met in Ohio as adults when Barron began cleaning the Hanna family home. Over lunch during the next 12 years, Hanna and Barron shared memories of their contrasting youth and adult lives in America and Germany. Those remembrances comprise WHILE …

First-time Dublin author Carmen Ambrosio will be the other featured writer at the leap year event. Her memoir Life Continues: Facing the Challenges of MS, Menopause & Midlife with Hope, Courage & Humor candidly describes several of the physical and emotional hurdles she experienced after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis two decades ago. Ambrosio uses short essays and verse to recount how she relies on laughter, friendships and acceptance to cope with ever-changing symptoms and an uncertain future.

Both WHILE … and Life Continues received five-star ratings from Midwest Book Review and praise from readers across the country. The memoirs are available in trade paperback, Kindle and Nook editions.

Global Gallery Coffee Shop features international Fair Trade handcrafted items and promotes cultural enrichment through educational workshops and social events. The coffee shop is located one block north of North Broadway on High Street.


For more information about:
-The "Take a Literary Leap with Local Authors" event, contact Avery Lewis, General Manager of the Global Gallery Coffee Shop, at 614.262.5535.

-Margaret Leis (Peg) Hanna, visit http://www.peg-board.net/.

-Carmen Ambrosio, visit http://www.ambrosart.com/.

-The Ohio Writers' Guild, visit http://ohiowritersguild.org/.

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