Seminary Co-op Bookstores taking pre-orders for The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture
Baton Rouge, LA — May 29, 2023 — Chicago’s internationally renowned Seminary Co-op Bookstores have partnered with White Lines Press in launching Jeremy White’s upcoming debut book about his wife discovering her biological family in 2018 and the insanely beautiful, transformational journey that ensued. The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture: A Journey of Selfless Discovery details how Edie White solved a 65-year-old mystery that plagued a Ukrainian American family, seen on the book’s front cover in a decades-old photograph captured in East Chicago, Indiana.
“The picture on the cover was taken on an East Chicago porch on Mother’s Day 1952, and for two-thirds of a century, it served as the last image that this enthusiastic horde of gangster-adjacent Ukrainians had of our titular character,” author Jeremy White explains. “Four chapters cover our two trips to Chicago and northwest Indiana,” he adds, “and we are thrilled to be partnered with lauded indie booksellers like Seminary Co-op and 57th Street Books.”
“The picture on the cover was taken on an East Chicago porch on Mother’s Day 1952, and for two-thirds of a century, it served as the last image that this enthusiastic horde of gangster-adjacent Ukrainians had of our titular character.”
The Seminary Co-op Bookstores Inc. comprises two independent bookstores. Founded in 1961 and located in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood, the Seminary Co-op is renowned as an exemplary academic bookstore, attracting customers nationally and internationally. Its inventory reflects the literary and scholarly interests of its membership, many of them affiliated currently or previously with its neighbor, the University of Chicago.
A block up the street, 57th Street Books was established in 1983 and caters to the literary interests of the greater South Side community. With a world-class children’s department, a deep backlist selection and an enthusiastic staff, 57th Street Books has established itself as a gem among independent bookstores. Both stores are unique and valued places of discovery, cultural institutions where browsing and conversation are nurtured. In 2019, the Seminary Co-op Bookstores Inc. became the country’s first not-for-profit bookstores whose mission is bookselling.
White Lines Press is publishing the 468-page hardcover edition of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture on July 1, but readers can pre-order signed copies at LittleGirlBook.com, where 1 in 20 customers will win a signed “lagniappe” copy. Signed hardcover editions are also available through partnered indie bookstores around the country. For more information and resources, visit our media center. Inquiries should be sent to [email protected].
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