Maxene would welcome an opportunity to speak at your next book club meeting or have a signing at your book store. Please email her directly at maxene.d.raices@gmail.com or call 678-296-0012.
Current Events
Podcast
Maxene was a featured guest on TEDx speaker Leana Delle’s podcast. Together they discuss the cathartic process of writing a memoir and the social barriers facing teen-aged mothers in the Sixties.
LISTEN NOW >> Girlfriend, We Need to Talk
Book Signing
Perimeter Adult Learning & Services
June 27 @ 10:00 to 10:30 a.m.
PALS at Dunwoody Baptist Church
1445 Mt Vernon Rd
Dunwoody, GA 30338
Previous Events
Book Signings
You can borrow the memoir at the library or purchase it at any of these book stores.
2022
Lemonade Days Festival
April 23 @ 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Dunwoody Preservation Trust
Brook Run Park
Dunwoody, GA 30338
2019
Celebrating Local Authors
November 17 @ 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Music Authority
123 Merchants Square
Cumming, GA 30040
March 3 @ 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Community Authors Showcase
Sharon Forks Library
2820 Old Atlanta Rd, Cumming, GA [Map]
March 9 @ 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Another Chapter Book Store
216 Atlanta Rd. Cumming, GA [Map]
2018
October 27 @ Another Chapter Book Store
216 Atlanta Rd. Cumming, GA [Map]
September 2 @ AJC Decatur Book Festival
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030
July 14 @ Barnes & Noble Collection at Forsythe
Building 200 Suite 252
410 Peachtree Pkwy
Cumming, GA 30041 [Map]
June 14 @ Powder Springs Farmers Market
4488 Pineview Drive
Powder Springs, GA 30127
Sponsored by: The Bookworm Bookstore [Map]
June 9 @ Tall Tales Bookstore
2105 LaVista Road, Atlanta, GA 30329 [Map]
Book Clubs
These book clubs read Maxene’s book, The Land of Sunshine and Hell, A Memoir of a ‘60’s Unwed Mother, and invited her to their meetings to share her insights.
Gainesville, GA Newcomer’s Book Club
Blackwell Manor Book Club in Alpharetta, GA
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