Tag: Louisiana Book Festival

Posted on

EBRPL’s Special Collections Lecture Series Presents ‘The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture’

Author and tenured cynic Jeremy White shares images depicted in hopeful book

Baton Rouge, LA — October 11, 2023 — The East Baton Rouge Parish Library’s Special Collections Department is hosting local author Jeremy White, who will present his new 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, after initially learning her pacifist father is cited in two books for challenging David Duke with a bloody knife at LSU.

Personally signed copies will be available for purchase following the audio-visual presentation in the large meeting room where Jeremy once trained fellow high school football officials.

The tenured cynic will share many powerful and heartwarming images from this real-life family adventure at the EBRPL Main Branch (7711 Goodwood Blvd.) at 6 p.m. Wednesday, October 18, as part of the Special Collections Lecture Series. Personally signed copies will be available for purchase following the audio-visual presentation in the large meeting room where Jeremy once trained fellow high school football officials.

“For years, I used to break down game film to scores of officials in that room on a weekly basis,” White recalls. “Now, on that same screen, I get to show images from our beautiful journey, including videos of moving reunions. As much as I loved reffing for nearly two decades, sharing our unicorn of a story is proving to be way more fun and rewarding.”

Jeremy’s other upcoming events this month include the Louisiana Book Festival, where he’ll participate in a panel discussion about memoir, on Saturday, October 28, in downtown Baton Rouge. He and Edie also will be on Author’s Row at the Livingston Parish Book Festival on Saturday, October 21, in Livingston.

White Lines Press published the ebook and 468-page hardcover editions of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture on July 1. Signed editions are available at LittleGirlBook.com and through partnered indie bookstores around the country. For more information and resources, visit our media center. Inquiries should be sent to [email protected].

###

Posted on

Downtown Denham Springs Merchant Helps Tenured Cynic Launch Hopeful Book

Cavalier House Books taking pre-orders for The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture

Baton Rouge, LA — June 19, 2023 — Cavalier House Books in the Denham Springs Antique Village has partnered with White Lines Press in launching Jeremy White’s upcoming 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, after initially learning her pacifist father is cited in two books for challenging David Duke with a bloody knife at LSU.

“Jeremy White captures the emotions of his expanding family through the story of his wife’s search for her biological heritage,” says Michelle Cavalier, who owns and operates the regionally renowned independent bookstore with her husband, John. “I walked away from this memoir not only feeling like I know these folks but like I genuinely care for them.” She describes White’s debut book as “a fascinating and abundantly charming family story, well researched and lovingly told.”

“John opened my eyes to the potential of partnering with indie bookstores, owned and staffed by fellow human beings to help spread the word about this very human story,” the author explains, “as opposed to being completely beholden to an arcane algorithm.”

The Cavaliers have been selling books since 2005 when they were still students at Southeastern Louisiana University. A decade later, they moved their home-based operation to downtown Denham Springs, just up the street from their larger, current location at 114 N. Range Avenue. John recently served as president of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance, and since 2020, Cavalier House Books has been the official bookseller of the Louisiana Book Festival.

White says the Cavaliers have provided immeasurable assistance and guidance in successfully launching his independently published debut book. “A two-and-a-half-hour meeting two days before last Thanksgiving completely altered our publishing trajectory,” White says. “John opened my eyes to the potential of partnering with indie bookstores, owned and staffed by fellow human beings to help spread the word about this very human story,” the author explains, “as opposed to being completely beholden to an arcane algorithm.” White adds, “That’s why Cavalier House Books is hosting our official launch party on July 1.”

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].

###