Barnes & Noble, Mall of America, October 25, 3:30 pm:
Barnes & Noble, Mall of America, October 25, 6:00 pm:
Barnes & Noble, Mall of America, October 25, 6:55 pm:
The above photo in no way shows the actual number of people present for the reading/signing. There were people standing shoulder to shoulder out of camera range at the left, sitting knee to knee on the floor, hovering around outside the cafe and craning their necks to see the author. Nobody sat in the space directly in front of the author's table, though. We are from Minnesota! That might be too forward!
Here we see the public relations manager of the store, quickly scanning the book before CAP arrived, trying to figure out why so friggin' many people showed up so early to see the author of... a knitting book?
(The comment heard most often as new arrivals walked into the cafe and saw the meager number of chairs: "They're doing it again.")
Barnes & Noble, Mall of America, October 25, 7:02 pm:
Laurie Perry is the cutest thing on two legs. And the funniest. We clapped, we hooted, we laughed, we cheered, we clapped some more. We all fell in love with her.
I had brought a library copy of her book, which she graciously signed:
(I bought a copy for myself, too :-) )
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I met up with Dale-Harriet (of WI) and her Beautiful Daughter for the signing. She and I had never met and had only discovered each other's blogs within the last week, but it was quickly apparent to both of us that we had been separated at birth. Especially when she saw the wallet photo of my husband and exclaimed, "He looks just like my husband!" Just a couple of old hippies, each married to a Scandinavian-type guy with a full beard.
