Author Olga Valcoff will visit the library to discuss her memoir Hello Golden Gate: Goodbye Russia.Hello Golden Gate is an epic generational saga of a family that was forced to flee their mother country and spent the rest of their lives looking for a place to call home.
She was born in Kagoshima, Japan and grew up in Japan, Shanghai and the Philippines before and during WWII. She emigrated with her family in 1951. She arived in San Francisco and later lived in Seattle. Later she studied drama at Los Angeles City College. She has worked in the theater in Chicago and as a fashion designer in New York City. She is retired and lives in Basking Ridge with her husband Nicolas.
This program is free and open to the public. Call (732) 356-0043 or email Paul at pschroed@sclsnj.org to sign up.
This program is cosponsored with the Raritan Valley Slavic Cultural & Heritage Society