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Sheila Banks to Launch New Book at City Hall

Launch party will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, April 6 in the City Hall Rotunda.

March 1, 2012 | 2 min reading time

This article is 13 years old. It was published on March 1, 2012.

Sheila Banks, author of BittersweetFormer Mayor's Office and St. Louis Development Corporation staffer, Sheila Banks, has written a novel based on real life stories shared with Banks by her mother and aunt over the years.  The long-anticipated release of Bittersweet, Banks' powerful, multi-generational epic is set for Thursday, April 5, and the official Launch Party will take place on Friday, April 6 from 6 - 8 p.m. in the Rotunda of St. Louis City Hall, 1200 Market Street.  The event is open to the public.

For more information on Bittersweet, please visit http://www.bittersweetbysheilabanks.com .

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