Kiss the Red Stairs
with Marsha Lederman
Hosted by Danya Vered
In Person History Memoir
Art can provide an element of witness on the killing fields of history and help redeem the human experience. This book does just that, and does it in shapely, well-crafted prose.
Join us for an evening with award-winning journalist Marsha Lederman in conversation on her bestselling memoir, Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holocaust, Once Removed.
Marsha was five when a simple question led to a horrifying answer. Sitting in her kitchen, she asked her mother why she didn’t have any grandparents. Her mother told her the truth: the Holocaust.
Decades later, her parents dead and herself a mother to a young son, Marsha begins to wonder how much history has shaped her own life. Reeling in the wake of a divorce, she craves her parents’ help. But in their absence, she is gripped by a need to understand the trauma they suffered, and she begins her own journey into the past to tell her family’s stories of loss and resilience.
Kiss the Red Stairs is a compelling memoir of Holocaust survival, intergenerational trauma, divorce, and discovery that will guide readers through several lifetimes of monumental change.
PLEASE NOTE: For the safety and comfort of all patrons, masks are required to attend in person.
Most people coming by car park for free at the Supreme Court of Canada on Wellington St.
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