Sandra Smith, whose Seed Savers series is our feature series (so far) writes on her blog about an experience she had at her booth recently in Santa Rosa, CA at the National Heirloom Expo. A portion of her post titled 2019 Heirloom Expo: Serendipity & the Littlest Fan is reposted here with permission:
I was sitting at my table and a little girl saw my books and ran over and grabbed one. I thought it was probably Seed Savers-Lily and that the girl’s name was Lily because similar things have happened before with Seed Savers-Lily. The woman with her, who I assume was mom, gave me an odd sort of look when I asked if the girl’s name was Lily, but then explained that they had just bought Seed Savers-Treasure.
“Oh, you bought it yesterday?” I asked. (This happened on the second day of the expo.)
“No,” she said. “We bought it off of Amazon, it’s out in the car. I just read her the first 14 pages; she loves it.”
What!?? Someone had randomly bought my book elsewhere, just started reading it, and then run into me at this fair! We talked a little more, they asking if they brought the book in the next day if I would sign it, etc. Yes, of course!
It was so serendipitous!
The next day when they returned for the autograph, they also bought the second book. My husband was with me at the booth this time, so we got a few pictures together. Here is my littlest fan:
Thanks, Sandra, for sharing!