BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.2//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:994@wlcj.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240502T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240502T171500 DTSTAMP:20240307T022143Z URL:https://www.wlcj.org/events/wl-reads-4/ SUMMARY:WL Reads DESCRIPTION:[This Program is scheduled on Eastern Time Zone]\n\n\n\nPlease join us for our next WL Reads selection\, “Exile Music” by Jennifer St eil.\n\nBased on an unexplored slice of World War II history\, Exile Music is the captivating story of a young Jewish girl whose family flees refine d and urbane Vienna for safe harbor in the mountains of Bolivia.\n\nAs a y oung girl growing up in Vienna in the 1930s\, Orly has an idyllic childhoo d filled with music. Her father plays the viola in the Philharmonic\, her mother is a well-regarded opera singer\, her beloved and charismatic older brother holds the neighborhood in his thrall\, and most of her eccentric and wonderful extended family live nearby. Only vaguely aware of Hitler's rise or how her Jewish heritage will define her family's identity\, Orly s pends her days immersed in play with her best friend and upstairs neighbor \, Anneliese. Together they dream up vivid and elaborate worlds\, where th ey can escape the growing tensions around them.\n\nBut in 1938\, Orly's pe aceful life is shattered when the Germans arrive. Her older brother flees Vienna first\, and soon Orly\, her father\, and her mother procure refugee visas for La Paz\, a city high up in the Bolivian Andes. Even as the numb er of Jewish refugees in the small community grows\, her family is haunted by the music that can no longer be their livelihood\, and by the family a nd friends they left behind. While Orly and her father find their footing in the mountains\, Orly's mother grows even more distant\, harboring a sec ret that could put their family at risk again. Years pass\, the war ends\, and Orly must decide: Is the love and adventure she has found in La Paz w hat defines home\, or is the pull of her past in Europe--and the piece of her heart she left with Anneliese--too strong to ignore?\n\nZoom link will be sent upon registering.\n\nRegistration is open to \;WL members&nbs p\;(in the USA &\; Canada)\, you must log in (https://www.wlcjmembers.o rg/member_login.php) to register for this program. If you need assistance\ , please contact the office (405) 870-1260.\n \;\n\nRegistration is op en to \;International Sister Friends (outside of the USA and Canada)\, through here: https://wizevents.com/register/8797\n\n \;\n\nParticipa tion in this program is a benefit of your membership. \;\n \;\nQue stions?\n\nKaren Block\nWL Reads Chair\nkblock@wlcj.org ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.wlcj.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ WL-Reads.png CATEGORIES:Featured END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR