Press release by Donna Cronk
When Baby Boomer and Indiana author Donna Cronk cleaned out her family’s attic during the pandemic, among the heirlooms and miscellaneous assortment of stuff, she found inspiration.
The result is the new memoir, There’s a Clydesdale in the Attic: Reflections on Keeping and Letting Go. Cronk will give a book talk, and share observations about why we save the things we do, at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 18 at the library, 919 Main St.
The public is welcome, and Cronk encourages those attending to each bring one interesting heirloom, and spend a minute or two explaining its significance in a fun “show-and-tell” activity. The author enjoys providing humorous, as well as profound stories about keeping and letting go of our stuff.
She will have copies of her book available for purchase at $15, which includes sales tax; cash or checks accepted.
Raised on a family farm near Liberty, Indiana, Cronk’s career was in newspaper journalism, with 31 years at the New Castle Courier-Times. She spent the pandemic months cleaning out her attic, then the first year of retirement writing this book. She still writes a newspaper column for several papers. She has previously published two Christian fictional novels, Sweetland of Liberty Bed & Breakfast and That Sweet Place: At Home in the Heartland.
Married to Brian, the Cronks live at Pendleton and are parents of two sons. She is active in her church and enjoys providing entertaining programs for church and various women’s groups, and book club discussions. Connect with her: newsgirl.1958@gmail.com or call 317-224-7028.
