Author Event with Meagan Francis
Schedule
Sat Aug 16 2025 at 02:00 pm to 03:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
110 E Front St, Buchanan, MI, United States, Michigan 49107 | Buchanan, MI
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Join us Saturday 8/16 for our Author Event with Meagan Francis! Writer, podcaster, and mom. Meagan will be sharing her latest work with us, The Last Parenting Book You’ll Ever Need: How to Let Your Kids Go and Embrace What’s Next. Come and enjoy a reading by the author, discussion, book signings & more in August.about the book…
Your guide to celebrating and loving your kids more than ever in the weeks, months, and years before they begin their adult lives
We read the parenting books. We cheer from the sidelines. We grow accustomed to the joys and pains of raising toddlers, kids, tweens, and teens. And then, before we know it, it's our kids' last first day of school, the last time we'll watch them take the field, or the last night they sleep at home before heading off to their next adventures. A season of our lives as moms is ending, and we may be mourning its passing. And yet, while our kids still need us--in some ways, more than ever--this stage can also be an opportunity for personal transformation.
Author Meagan Francis understands the mixed feelings that come along with this stage. As a mom of five kids ages teen to young adult, she's been blogging and podcasting about motherhood for more than twenty-five years while going from five kids under her roof to just one. In The Last Parenting Book You'll Ever Read, Francis will take you by the hand and lead you through the final stage of "active" parenting, as your teenagers prepare to step into the world...and you explore what it means to step back into yourself.
The Last Parenting Book You'll Ever Read is about coming to terms with the many endings that moms of teenagers experience--but more than that, it's about all the new beginnings on the horizon, and how moms can still hold their families close while letting them go. With compassion for the big feelings that accompany big transitions, Francis helps readers harness some of the mothering energy they've been directing toward their children and redirect it back toward nurturing themselves. https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-last-parenting-book-you-ll-ever-read-how-we-let-our-kids-go-and-embrace-what-s-next-meagan-francis/21709100?ean=9781464225161&next=t
about the author…
I’ve been writing professionally since 2002, placing hundreds of articles and essays in newsstand magazines and websites like Parenting, Good Housekeeping, Parents, Midwest Living, The Washington Post, NBCNews.com, NYTimes.com, and many more. I moved into digital publishing in 2005 as a pioneer in the “mommy blogging” landscape, and was an early podcaster on home and family life, starting in 2012.
I’ve cohosted The Mom Hour podcast, which has been downloaded over 20 million times, since 2015. My solo podcast and Substack publication The Kettle reach thousands of loyal listeners and readers each week, with cozy conversations about living wisely and well in our manic modern world. And my new book, The Last Parenting Book You’ll Ever Read, focuses on the transitional period between the “arms full” and “hands free” stages of parenting.
I live with my new husband Eric, and our large blended family of adult kids are a constant presence in our home. While I have resided in Southwest Michigan for the past fifteen years, Northern Michigan – specifically the Upper Peninsula – is like a second home to me.
I love nature, books, music, sharing stories and connecting over tea. I can’t wait to get to know you. https://meaganfrancis.com/about/
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Where is it happening?
110 E Front St, Buchanan, MI, United States, Michigan 49107Event Location & Nearby Stays:
