Mentone Public Library Presents  "An Author for All Seasons" Series Eight     Mentone Public Library's " An  Author for All Seasons"   Spring Edition Proudly Presents: Danae Andrea Harwood                 Pack your Bags and Prepare to "Trip Over" !  Bookings are essential  due to  the cozy nature of our space. Phone Tony:  03 9583-8494 Email:  mentonepubliclibrary@gmail.com    Entry: Gold Coin  Time and Date:    11am-1.30pm,  Saturday, 22 September 2018          RSVP:  Thursday, 20 September 2018       Venue:  Mentone Public Library Address:  Rear, 36 Florence Street, Mentone 3194 FOLLOWING THE EVENT:   *Book Sales and Signings *Biscuits, Beverage and Brilliant Banter! FULL SEASON PROGRAM: Mentone Public Library… Where Print Becomes Personable  

Audience Vantage Point  Reflection  by:  Paul Karp - Saturday, 25 August 2018 https://kapow2016.wordpress.com/ Suzy stated early in her presentation  that her inspiration to write  originated from her father's  diagnosis of a terminal illness. Given only six months to live, he told his life story to his family over nine nights,   much of which he’d kept hidden, preferring to distance himself from the past as a way of moving forward.  A holocaust survivor,   he’d    disguised his Auschwitz camp number tattooed on his   arm   with a flower.  This gave Suzy the title of her first novel 'The Tattooed Flower',  the story of his time in the camps and his later battle with Motor Neurone Disease. Driven by her father’s positivity and bravery, and the lessons he’d taught her whilst dying,  Suzy left her career as a lawyer to study professional writing and editing and work full-time on her father's story.