Join us as we welcome Vermont author Michael Freed-Thall to talk about his published romantic historical fiction novel Horodno Burning Wednesday, July 13 at 12:00 pm.

A collaboration between the Springfield Town Library and Village Square Booksellers.

Esther (Estes) Leving, a brilliant young bibliophile, chafes at male dominance, religious dogma, and antisemitism. Bernard Garfinkle, a religious Jew and the son of a vodka distiller, hides a shameful secret: in a culture that worships books, he can't read. Despite their differences, they fall in love. Estes teaches Bernard to read, and he, in turn, builds her a bookshop. They start a family, but when ferocious pogroms target Russian Jews, they must confront violent oppression.

Exploring this turbulent history, Horodno Burning brings the reader into a culture under terrible stress. How Estes and Bernard respond will determine not only who they become but whether they survive. Sign up below:

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