Author Helene Cooper Unveils Book"The House at Sugar Beach” Today in Minnesota
By: Wynfred Russell
New York Times correspondent, Helene Cooper, is in Minnesota today to unveil her critically acclaimed book, “The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of Lost African Childhood”. The event takes place this evening at 4:30 p.m. at the North View Junior School in Brooklyn Park. The book delves deeply and richly into Liberia’s unique history and its historical connection to the United States. Though Liberians may be the book’s central focus, their doubts, insecurities, tragedies, losses and heartbreaks belong to all who read this poignant memoir. The Liberian-born journalist is a graduate of the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill School of Journalism. Cooper, 42, spent twelve years as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, where she won the Raymond Clapper award for Washington reporting, for her stories on the negotiations on China's entry into the World Trade Organization. Cooper is now diplomatic correspondent for the New York Times. Cooper’s book launch in Minnesota is being sponsored by Normandale Community College’s Center for Multicultural Services in partnership with Independent School District 279 (Osseo Area Schools), and co-sponsored by ASSA, African Women Connect, Ajenia Enterprises, African Roots Connection, The Liberian Journal, Liberian Women Initiative – Minnesota, and Remember Our Children project (ROC).
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