Author talk and Q&A with Mary Kay Zuravleff
Cost: $20 -$35
$20 ticket includes admission to the Museum and event
$35 tickets include admission to the Museum and event, plus one pre-signed paperback copy of American Ending
**Limited quantity available — book must be picked up at the Museum and will not be shipped**
Join the Icon Museum and Study Center as we welcome award-winning author Mary Kay Zuravleff to discuss her book “American Ending.” Zuravleff will give an illustrated lecture, followed by an open Q&A.
An Oprah pick for spring 2023, “American Ending” follows Yelena, the first American born to her Old Believer Russian Orthodox parents, who are building a life in a Pennsylvania Appalachian town. This town, in the first decades of the 20th century, is filled with Russian transplants and a new church with a dome. Here, boys quit grade school for the coal mines and girls are married off at fourteen. The young pair up, give birth to more babies than they can feed, and make shaky starts in their new world. However, Yelena craves a different path. Will she find her own American ending or will a traditional Russian ending be her fate? In this immersive novel, Zuravleff weaves Russian fairy tales and fables into a family saga within the storied American landscape. The challenges facing immigrants–and the fragility of citizenship–are just as unsettling and surprising today as they were 100 years ago. American Ending is a poignant reminder that everything that is happening in America has already happened.
Clinton, MA 01510 United States
Cost: $20 -$35
$20 ticket includes admission to the Museum and event
$35 tickets include admission to the Museum and event, plus one pre-signed paperback copy of American Ending
**Limited quantity available — book must be picked up at the Museum and will not be shipped**
Join the Icon Museum and Study Center as we welcome award-winning author Mary Kay Zuravleff to discuss her book “American Ending.” Zuravleff will give an illustrated lecture, followed by an open Q&A.
An Oprah pick for spring 2023, “American Ending” follows Yelena, the first American born to her Old Believer Russian Orthodox parents, who are building a life in a Pennsylvania Appalachian town. This town, in the first decades of the 20th century, is filled with Russian transplants and a new church with a dome. Here, boys quit grade school for the coal mines and girls are married off at fourteen. The young pair up, give birth to more babies than they can feed, and make shaky starts in their new world. However, Yelena craves a different path. Will she find her own American ending or will a traditional Russian ending be her fate? In this immersive novel, Zuravleff weaves Russian fairy tales and fables into a family saga within the storied American landscape. The challenges facing immigrants–and the fragility of citizenship–are just as unsettling and surprising today as they were 100 years ago. American Ending is a poignant reminder that everything that is happening in America has already happened.