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May 1, 2020
Happy Harper Thursdays is now available in hardcover!
We know many of you have been waiting for the hardback version of “Happy Harper Thursdays: A Grandmother’s Love for Her Granddaughter during the Coronavirus.” We are thrilled to announce it is officially available for purchase.
Follow the ordering link below to grab your copy (or three) and have it delivered just in time for Mother’s Day!
https://amzn.to/35tgMin
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April 28, 2020
Great gift for Mother’s Day!
Looking for the perfect Mother’s Day gift for Mom or Grandma? Look no further!
Send your loved ones who are struggling with shelter-in-place restrictions a copy of “Happy Harper Thursdays: A Grandmother’s Love for Her Granddaughter during the Coronavirus.” This colorful, delightfully illustrated picture book explains to young children, simply and clearly, why we can’t be with the people we love during the Coronavirus.
Think your friends might love this idea for their loved ones? Share it with them, so they can give this gift, too!
Ordering link is below!
Amazon paperback:
https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Harper-Thursdays-Grandmothers-Granddaughter/dp/0996472568/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
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April 26, 2020
Happy Harper Thursdays is now available in print and ebook!
Print edition is available at Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Harper-Thursdays-Grandmothers-Granddaughter/dp/0996472568/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=happy+harper+thursdays&qid=1587912581&sr=8-1
Ebook is available at Barnes & Noble:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/happy-harper-thursdays-fern-schumer-chapman/1136829920?ean=9781087856971
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April 17, 2020
March 13, 2020
Before schools close…
Squeezed in a school and library visit yesterday before more closings. I introduced the speech by explaining that when people and nations experience stress, they often find a scapegoat — that was the case in the 1930s in Germany and now. When the president referred to the coronavirus as a “foreign virus,” his comment smacked of xenophobia.
Thanks to Library Director Lynn Delvallee at Washington Junior High School in Oglesby, IL for organizing and Interim Public Library Director Jill Shevokas for welcoming me on the Heartland Bank marquee!
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March 5, 2020
School visits 2020
It’s that time of the year… Eighth-graders learn about the Holocaust in the spring, and I find myself hopping from school to school. Yesterday, my mother and I spoke at Hubble Middle School in Warrenville, IL. We have had the privilege of presenting to Hubble students for the last three years. Thanks to librarian Kristin Diaz for her determination in educating students on this important topic.
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February 24, 2020
February 21, 2020
Moments from annual school visit to Jane Addams Middle School in Schaumburg, IL.
Students meet Holocaust refugee Edith Schumer, 94-year-old mother of author. 
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February 18, 2020
Cast members for Motherland, the play
Diane Dorsey, known for “Road to Perdition,” “Ghost Whisperer,” and “Last Day,” will play my mother, Edith. Suzy Brack, known for her work on “That Wasn’t Supposed to Happen,” “Market Value,” and “Bachelors Grove,” will play me, Fern.
Chicago Writers Bloc and Perennial Theatre Chicago are hosting the table reading with lights and sound effects on September 21, 2020. The festival features new plays. Location will likely be the Piven Theater in Evanston.
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February 13, 2020
“Motherland,” the play
Last Monday, the Chicago Writer’s Bloc and Perennial Theatre Chicago met to discuss several new plays — including one based on my first book, “Motherland” — which will be featured in a Chicago festival in September 2020. The Perennials are a group of older theater artists, many of whom are part of the Steppenwolf Theater Company. This group recently read the script for “Motherland,” and I had chills watching their performance. I lived the original experience and then lived it again as these amazing actors brought the characters to life!
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