JANICE MITCHELL AT COMMUNION OF SAINTS POP-UP

Sunday, December 5, 2021 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm

Janice Mitchell author of My Ticket to Ride, will be signing books at the Communion of Saints Holiday Pop-Up on Sunday, December 5th from 12-1:30 pm. Janice went to school at Communion of Saints (formerly St. Ann's) as written about in her memoir. The parish is located at 2175 Coventry Rd. in Cleveland Heights and the pop-up is in the church basement

About the book:

It's 1964, and 16-year-old Janice is struggling in an unhappy home in Cleveland when she falls suddenly, deeply in love ... with the Beatles. They and their music stir in her an ecstatic new sense of freedom. With a friend, she hatches a bold plan to escape their dreary lives and run away to London to meet the Fab Four.

On their own for the first time--in "Beatleland"--they explore a new city, a new culture, and a new life, visiting the hippest clubs of Soho, meeting some nice English boys, hitchhiking to Liverpool ...

But unbeknownst to them, the runaways have become international news--and a hunt is on.

Adventure and newfound freedom end abruptly when Janice is apprehended by London police and hauled home to Cleveland and an unforgiving juvenile justice system. Warned by responsible adults to put it all behind her, she doesn't speak of her extraordinary adventure for more than fifty years.

In this memoir, she looks back with fresh insight on the heady early days of Beatlemania and an era in America when young women exercising some control over their lives presented a serious threat to adult society.

Janice Mitchell is a retired federal investigator, a private investigator, an adjunct professor, and a lifelong Beatles fan. She worked high-profile capital, criminal, and civil cases in New York City and international investigations for Rolex, Gucci, Warner Bros., Levi Strauss, and other trademarks. She now lives in her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio.

Event address: 
2175 Coventry Rd.
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
Books: 
My Ticket to Ride By Janice Mitchell Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781598511161
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Gray & Company Publishers - August 1st, 2021