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Noon Time Talk with Florence Grende
October 16, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
FreePainter and author Florence Grende, will read from her book, The Butcher’s Daughter: A Memoir, and discuss the rewards inherent in both learning and creating in later life. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine at age sixty, and published her debut book at seventy. A painter in her younger days, she began painting again five years ago and has exhibited her recent work in Mexico, where she currently lives, and in Sacramento, California.
Florence was born in American Occupied Germany to Holocaust survivor parents and grew up in the Bronx. The Butcher’s Daughter: A Memoir, presents an unflinching account of what it means to be the daughter of survivors. The book has garnered several awards, most recently the shortlist for the Rubery Book Award 2019, and the Kindle Book Award 2018 for Non-fiction.
This is part of the OJMCHE series of informal lunchtime conversations. Bring a lunch or buy a brown bag lunch in Lefty’s Cafe and join us in the museum’s auditorium for a lively give and take as we share and explore ideas, experience, and expertise.