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Foreign Affairs Book Group Online
This is an online program, free to the public. Please register to receive the attendee join link and password.
The book to read in May is Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History by Lea Ypi.
A reflection on "freedom" in a dramatic, beautifully written memoir of the end of Communism in the Balkans. Lea Ypi grew up in the last Stalinist country in Europe: Albania, a place of queuing and scarcity, of political executions and secret police. While family members disappeared to what she was told were "universities" from which few "graduated", she swore loyalty to the Party. In her eyes, people were equal, neighbors helped each other, and children were expected to build a better world. Then the statues of Stalin and Hoxha were toppled. Almost overnight, people could vote and worship freely and invest in hopes of striking it rich. But factories shut, jobs disappeared and thousands fled to Italy, only to be sent back. Pyramid schemes bankrupted the country, leading to violence.
- Date:
- Tuesday, May 14, 2024
- Time:
- 7:00pm - 9:00pm
- Location:
- Community Room #5
- Audience:
- Adult
- Categories:
- Book Discussion
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
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