Errands In Michigan

Judith Guest At The Oscoda Township (Michigan) Library

October 9, 1996
Oscoda Press

OSCODA--...There was standing room only left when author Judith Guest made a most impressive presentation Thursday at Robert J. Parks Public Library.

Best known for her novel, Ordinary People, which was made into an Oscar winning motion picture, Guest's third and latest book will be released in January.  The book is titled, Errands.

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The story tells of the family coming to Harrisville [Alcona County, Michigan] for summer vacation the year Guest's grandfather died leaving the wife to raise five young children.  Guest said her grandmother's sister [Jean] moved in with the family to help raise the children.

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Guest lived in Oscoda [Iosco County, Michigan] as a youngster and attended school there for a short time.

Note: The following Saturday, there was a book-signing with Judith Guest at a local bookstore.