# Event Details - **Event Name**: Award Winning Author CAROLYN NEWTON CURRY Celebrates TRUDY'S AWAKENING - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 03:30 pm - **Event Description**: Award winning author CAROLYN NEWTON CURRY discusses her new book TRUDY'S AWAKENING. Introduction by her husband, former coach BILL CURRY.About this EventABOUT CAROLYN NEWTON CURRYCarolyn Curry is an award-winning author, historian, and founder of the non-profit Women Alone Together® which she directed for 22 years. She holds a BA from Agnes Scott College and a MA and PhD from Georgia State University. In 2014, she published Suffer and Grow Strong: The Life of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas 1834-1907. In 2015, it was selected One of the Books all Georgians should read by the Georgia Center for the Book. In that same year, Curry received Georgia Author of the Year from the Georgia Writers Association.ABOUT TRUDY'S AWAKENINGA tapestry of the lives of three women who endure horrific loss in 19th-century Georgia, but in the end, triumph and find commitment, friendship, and love.Trudy’s Awakening is a historical novel set in the latter half ofnineteenth-century Georgia that tells the story of three women whose lives were intermingled as they worked to overcome society’s barriers to their progress and success. Gertrude Thomas, “Trudy” to her friends and family, grew up in wealth and privilege but lost it all in the aftermath of the war. Amanda “Mae,” along with her mother Lurany, were enslaved to Gertrude’s family and yearned for freedom. Lizzie Jeter was a middle-class young woman who dreamed of being a professional artist. All three faced tremendous obstacles in a world that wished to limit and suppresstheir talents.“In a society and era when women were afforded no voice, Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas found hers and, in the fullness of time, raised it in support of other women. Dr. Carolyn Curry’s inspiring and highly readable novel tells the little-known story of ordinary Southern women who endure tragedy, turmoil and loss, yet find strength and courage to carve out new lives for themselves in a fast-changing world.”Marie Bostwick, bestselling author of The Book Club for Troublesome Women - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/sandy-springs/award-winning-author-carolyn-newton-curry-celebrates-trudys-awakening/100001979479924741 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Sandy Springs - **state**: GA - **country**: United States - **location**: Sandy Springs Library - **lat**: 33.924002 - **long**: -84.37441999999999 - **full address**: Sandy Springs Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway Northeast, Sandy Springs, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Award Winning Author CAROLYN NEWTON CURRY Celebrates TRUDY'S AWAKENING - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/f0141005adfed237fa27ca65d0e62463b7009e93d4025f40470199d4bbebaefe-rimg-w1193-h637-dcffffff-gmir.jpg?v=1767508864 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Award Winning Author CAROLYN NEWTON CURRY Celebrates TRUDY'S AWAKENING being held? - **A:** Award Winning Author CAROLYN NEWTON CURRY Celebrates TRUDY'S AWAKENING takes place on Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 03:30 pm at Sandy Springs Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway Northeast, Sandy Springs, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Award Winning Author CAROLYN NEWTON CURRY Celebrates TRUDY'S AWAKENING? - **A:** Award Winning Author CAROLYN NEWTON CURRY Celebrates TRUDY'S AWAKENING is organized by Friends of Sandy Springs Library in Partnership with Bookmiser. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Award Winning Author CAROLYN NEWTON CURRY Celebrates TRUDY'S AWAKENING", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/f0141005adfed237fa27ca65d0e62463b7009e93d4025f40470199d4bbebaefe-rimg-w1193-h637-dcffffff-gmir.jpg?v=1767508864", "startDate": "2026-02-28", "endDate": "2026-02-28", "url": "https://allevents.in/sandy-springs/award-winning-author-carolyn-newton-curry-celebrates-trudys-awakening/100001979479924741", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Sandy Springs Library", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "395 Mount Vernon Highway Northeast", "postalCode": "30328", "addressLocality": "Sandy Springs", "addressRegion": "GA", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "33.924002", "longitude": "-84.37441999999999" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Award winning author CAROLYN NEWTON CURRY discusses her new book TRUDY'S AWAKENING. 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