Author Event: Karolyn Smardz Frost

Join us at the Central Library on Thursday, March 1st at 7:00pm , for a special event with as author Karolyn Smardz Frost reads from her book Steal Away Home.

Steal Away Home is a true story about the life of 15-year-old Cecelia Reynolds and how she escaped slavery in 1846. Cecelia Reynolds slipped away to freedom in Canada while her Kentucky owners were on holiday at Niagara Falls. Cecelia found a new life in Toronto's vibrant African American expatriate community. Her rescuer became her husband, a courageous conductor on the Underground Railroad helping other freedom-seekers reach Canada

Borrow Steal Away Home and some of the author’s other works

Thank you to a Different Drummer and HarperCollins Canada Ltd