Hayes Presidential, Pan Yan Bookstore start romance book club
Read romance novels with themes similar to those President Rutherford B. Hayes’ beloved sister faced during her lifetime at a new book club at the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums.
The Perfect Union Book Club celebrates Fanny Arabella Hayes Platt’s deep love of reading. She often wrote to Rutherford about what she was reading and what she thought of each volume.
The club will read novels that deal with mental health, parenthood, gender expectations and the time in which Fanny lived, 1820 – 1856.
Meetings take at 6 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month every other month, locations swapping between the Hayes Presidential and its partner on the club, Pan Yan Bookstore in Tiffin.
The first two meetings are:
- Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Pan Yan Bookstore, 144. S. Washington St., Tiffin. The club will discuss “A Caribbean Heiress in Paris” by Adriana Herrera. To pre-order the book through Pan Yan and pick it up at Hayes Presidential or Pan Yan, visit https://events.leapevents.com/event/the-perfect-union-book-club-november-2026 and order by Wednesday, Sept. 16.
- Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2027, at Hayes Presidential. The club will discuss “Good Spirits” by B.K.Borison. To pre-order the book through Pan Yan and pick it up at Hayes Presidential or Pan Yan, visit https://events.leapevents.com/event/the-perfect-union-book-club-november-2026wrjz2qz and order by Wednesday, Nov. 4.
Other meeting dates and book titles are to be announced. Book club participation is free. Registration is recommended can be done by contacting Makennah Rettig, Hayes Presidential digital media and design specialist, at [email protected] or 419-332-2081, ext. 222.
Hayes Presidential is America’s first presidential library and the forerunner of the federal presidential library system. It is partially funded by the state of Ohio and affiliated with the Ohio History Connection. Hayes Presidential is located at Spiegel Grove on Buckland Avenue.
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