Literary Lunches: Peter Golden’s Wherever There is Light

This sweeping, panoramic tale of twentieth-century America chronicles the decades-long love affair between a Jewish immigrant and the granddaughter of a slave. Julian Rose is only fifteen when he leaves his family and Germany for a new life in 1920s America. Kendall Wakefield is a free-spirited college senior who longs to become a painter. Her mother, the daughter of a slave and founder of an African-American college in South Florida, is determined to find a suitable match for her only daughter. One evening in 1938, Mrs. Wakefield hosts a dinner that reunites Julian with his parents—who have been rescued from Hitler’s Germany by the college—and brings him together with Kendall for the first time. From that encounter begins a thirty-year affair that will take the lovers from the beaches of Miami to the jazz clubs of Greenwich Village to postwar life in Paris.

Join author Peter Golden as he reads from this epic tale of three generations, two different but intertwined families, and one unforgettable love story.

Space limited. Reservations recommended.

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For more information, 212-431-7993 or email [email protected].











When: Wed., Mar. 2, 2016 at 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Where: Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect
44 Park Pl.
212-431-7993
Price: $20, includes lunch and an advance copy of the novel
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This sweeping, panoramic tale of twentieth-century America chronicles the decades-long love affair between a Jewish immigrant and the granddaughter of a slave. Julian Rose is only fifteen when he leaves his family and Germany for a new life in 1920s America. Kendall Wakefield is a free-spirited college senior who longs to become a painter. Her mother, the daughter of a slave and founder of an African-American college in South Florida, is determined to find a suitable match for her only daughter. One evening in 1938, Mrs. Wakefield hosts a dinner that reunites Julian with his parents—who have been rescued from Hitler’s Germany by the college—and brings him together with Kendall for the first time. From that encounter begins a thirty-year affair that will take the lovers from the beaches of Miami to the jazz clubs of Greenwich Village to postwar life in Paris.

Join author Peter Golden as he reads from this epic tale of three generations, two different but intertwined families, and one unforgettable love story.

Space limited. Reservations recommended.

Click here to RSVP now

For more information, 212-431-7993 or email [email protected].

Buy tickets/get more info now