Friends of the York County Library's 50th Anniversary Meeting with special guest author Susan Millar Williams

Celebrate the Friends of the York County Library's 50th Anniversary with special guest author Susan Millar Williams

Enjoy an afternoon with Susan Millar Williams as she discusses her biography of a remarkably talented, enigmatic southern author named Julia Peterkin.

A Devil and a Good Woman, Too, is the award-winning biography of Julia Peterkin, whose spellbinding fiction about rural African Americans drew on her own emotional traumas and family scandals. A white plantation mistress who vowed to "write what is, even if it is unpleasant," Julia Peterkin produced five books that revolutionized American literature, including the Pulitzer-Prize winning novel Scarlet Sister Mary.

Copies of Susan's books will be available for purchase. 

The Annual Meeting will be held at the Main Library (Rock Hill) on Sunday, January 26, at 2:00 p.m. The meeting is open to the public, but advanced registration is recommended. Register online at yclibrary.org/events or email yorkcountyfriendsofthelibrary@gmail.com.

This program aligns with YCL’s cultural literacy framework, which addresses the ability to understand and appreciate the similarities and differences in the customs, values, and beliefs of one’s own culture and the cultures of others.