Museum starts free romance novel club

FREMONT — Read romance novels with themes similar to those President Rutherford B. Hayes' beloved sister faced during her lifetime at a new book club at the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums. The Perfect Union Book Club celebrates Fanny Arabella Hayes Platt's deep love of reading. She often wrote to Rutherford about what she was reading and what she thought of each volume. The club will read novels that deal with mental health, parenthood, gender expectations and the time in which Fanny lived, from 1820 to 1856. Meetings take place at 6 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month every other month with locations swapping between the Hayes Presidential and its partner on the club, Pan Yan Bookstore in Tiffin. The first two meetings are: • Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Pan Yan Bookstore, 144. S. Washington St., Tiffin; The club will discuss "A Caribbean Heiress in Paris" by Adriana Herrera. To pre-order the book through Pan Yan and pick it up at Hayes Presidential, visit events.leapevents.com/tickets/the-perfect-union-book-club-november-2026-vj780cy and order by Wednesday. • Wednesday, Jan. 13 at Hayes Presidential in Fremont; The club will discuss "Good Spirits" by B.K.Borison. To pre-order the book through Pan Yan and pick it up at Hayes Presidential, visit events.leapevents.com/tickets/perfect-union-book-club-january-book-order-09hv5xa. Other meeting dates and book titles are to be announced. Book club participation is free. Registration is recommended and can be done by contacting Makennah Rettig, Hayes Presidential's digital media and design specialist, at mrettig@rbhayes.org or 419-332-2081, ext. 222. People can visit rbhayes.org or call 419-332-2081 for more information.