A tale of immigration, romance, deceit and faith, Toledoan Genevieve Geha Kirkbride’s debut novel Carmen is an artful and compelling story of coming to America. Beginning in Lebanon in 1888, travelling to Syria in the 1930s, and finally arriving in Toledo in 1946, Carmen centers around the scandal of a prominent Catholic family in Damascus and a young girl’s love for a mysterious American man. Hear more about the novel Kirkbride has spent a decade making during the book release and reading of Carmen.
5:30pm | Saturday, September 8
Gathering Volumes, 196 E. S. Boundary, Perrysburg
567-336-6188 | Gatheringvolumes.com | Free
