About this Event
We are delilghted to celebrate this book during Women's History Month and in a strong tradion of our bookstore to celebrate women from Detroit. Join us a rich conversation about an incredible life, there will be time for Q & A as well as a booksigning line. We are delighted that Dr. Saddler is making the trip so we can celebrate with her in person on Sunday March 22nd, 2026
How to join: Free and Book tickets are in this link.
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About The Book:
The Great Triumph – A Memoir of Courage & Devotion is the story of Thelma – a spunky, fearless child who was part of African Americans’ Great Migration - who became a woman who outwitted the government to save her son.
As a young girl, Thelma Osborne Richardson witnessed the hopes and hardships of the Great Migration, when her family left the rural south for Detroit in 1929. In The Great Triumph – A Memoir of Courage and Devotion, her daughter, journalist Jeanne Estelle Saddler, brings to life a moving family story shaped by perseverance, pride, and the pursuit of a better life. In her debut memoir, Saddler draws from her mother’s vivid memories, stories rich with humor, heartbreak, and quiet resilience, to paint an unforgettable portrait of a woman who faced the weight of history with grace and grit. From Jim Crow to the civil rights movement to the election of Barack Obama, The Great Triumph traces the arc of a century through one extraordinary life.
About the Author:
Jeanne Estelle Saddler is a former journalist and communications director based in Washington, D.C.
Her distinguished career included roles as a correspondent for The Baltimore Sun, Time Magazine and The Wall Street Journal, Counselor to the Administrator at the U.S. Small Business Administration, and Communications Director at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.
Saddler's greatest joy is spending time with her two young grandsons - experiencing their love, energy, and curiosity. She also counts the theatre as a source of inspiration and keeps moving by dancing and swimming as often as possible.
"In The Great Triumph, journalist Jeanne E. Saddler writes a perceptive, evocative reconstruction of a century of dreams, struggles, and triumphs. Through her mother’s exciting, funny, and sometimes bittersweet stories, Saddler captures the strength passed down through generations of a family navigating a changing political and cultural landscape. A particularly poignant chapter outlines the extraordinary measures, including hush-hush subterfuge, she took that would alter her son’s fate forever. This is an all-American story. "
Antero Pietila, Journalist and Author of The Ghosts of Johns Hopkins and Not in My Neighborhood
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Source Booksellers, 4240 Cass Avenue, Detroit, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 17.67
