Yom HaShoah Commemoration Meet the Author: Songs of the Sabbath
Guest speaker: Frank Flynn
In honour of Holocaust Remembrance Day, author Frank Flynn discusses his historical fiction novel Songs of the Sabbath. Set in Toronto and Germany during World War II, this coming of age story follows the intersection of two immigrant families dealing with grief and loss: a Jewish couple fleeing Bonn in the wake of Kristallnacht who are forced to leave their young son behind, and an Irish Catholic boy whose father has just died. The bonds they forge transcend the borders of faith.
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Guest speaker: Frank Flynn
In honour of Holocaust Remembrance Day, author Frank Flynn discusses his historical fiction novel Songs of the Sabbath. Set in Toronto and Germany during World War II, this coming of age story follows the intersection of two immigrant families dealing with grief and loss: a Jewish couple fleeing Bonn in the wake of Kristallnacht who are forced to leave their young son behind, and an Irish Catholic boy whose father has just died. The bonds they forge transcend the borders of faith.
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