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AUTHOR OF 'ON CHESTNUT STREET' COMING TO DEERFIELD IN MAY !

Hello Deerfielders!  Get ready to read about and SEE your town the way it was!  A new illustrated book by gifted author Barbara Sternig (who grew up in Deerfield) is just out,  called "On Chestnut Street....a 1940s Childhood in Words and Pictures"  Yes, that's YOUR Chestnut Street.   Author Sternig will be in Deerfield in May to introduce her book,  but you can see and buy it now at http://onchestnutstreet.com !  Barbara is a successful entertainment journalist in LA, and here recalls her early childhood "On Chestnut Street." She vividly recreates that world,  that America,that Deerfield, that lively block, in delightful and evocative prose, illustrated by more than 200 vintage photographs taken by her talented dad in dazzling black and white!  Read an excerpt now at  http://onchestnutstreet.com  and meet the author in Deerfield May 4-11.  Details will be posted here on Patch nearer the dates!  You are going to love this book and this accomplished author's warm and richly illustrated remembrance of your town.

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