21 Aldgate

Sunday, May 22, 2011

US / Book talks scheduled for JUNE 2011

SPRINGFIELD, MA - THURSDAY, June 16th, 10:30 AM JCC, 1160 Dickenson, Springfield, Massachusetts, 01108

East Long Meadow Book Club. (Date and location hto be arranged)

UK / Book Talks: JULY and AUGUST 2011:

JEECS - Jewish East End Commemorative Society Interview with Editor of the periodical "THE CABLE". London. Feature article about "21 Aldgate" to appear in the Fall issue of"THE CABLE".

JULY Talks in the UK for the Southern Regional Outreach of the ASSOCIATION OF REFUGEES:

EALING, TUESDAY, July 5th - 2:00PM 15 Grange Rd., Ealing, London, W5 5QN

BRIGHTON, MONDAY, July 18th - 12:30 PM Ralli Hall Community Center, Denmark Villas at Hove, East Sussex, BN3 3TH

RADLETT , WEDNESDAY, July 20th - 10:30 AM, 118 Watling Rd., Radlett, Herts WD7 7AA

Community Groups and Organizations:

COCKFOSTERS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13th Old Farm Ave.,Southgate, London N14 5 QR

RISCHON ORGANIZATION, SUNDAY, July 17th - 3:00PM Edgeware, London

ENGLISH SPEAKING UNION, (ESU) THURSDAY, August 4th - 6:30 PM, Dartmouth House, 37 Charles Street, Mayfair, London W1J 5ED

If you find yourself in London on any of these dates. Please come!!!

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About the Author Patricia Friedberg

British-born author Patricia Friedberg grew up in London during World War II. She attended the Henrietta Barnett School and later the London School of Journalism. Soon after her marriage, the Friedbergs left England to live for many years in South Africa and in the Rhodesias - now Zambia and Zimbabwe - where Dr. Friedberg practiced medicine and where she was a journalist and writer of documentaries for the Rhodesian Newspapers and Rhodesian Television.

Due to civil unrest and for the safety of their children, the family came to America, where Mrs. Friedberg attended university and wrote columns for community and organizational papers, and hosted a television talk show, '"People of the Book," for the NBC affiliate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

In addition to her talent as a writer and journalist, Mrs. Friedberg has composed music for theatre, written prose for a ballet and has travelled extensively with her husband, a professor of cardiology who lectured around the world.

She has co-authored with her daughter, Adrienne, two illustrated children’s books, Dear Sammie, A Letter to a child of Divorcing parents, and Dear Jake.

She is the mother of four children, each born in a different country, grandmother of eight, and now has three great-grandsons.

Synopsis

When young Clara Simon suddenly quit her steady job in Ernest Maxwell Abbott's law firm over his increasingly shabby treatment of Jewish clients, she soon realized the seriousness of her actions. Giving up any job in struggling, post-WWI London meant taking a chance.

Clara knew her family at 21 Aldgate would not be supportive. With that in mind she did the only thing a Londoner could do: she looked for a quiet place to have a cup of tea and think over her hasty decision. A coincidental meeting with a former Abbott employee resulted in the suggestion of a job offer in Chelsea.

Clara, reluctant to consider venturing into affluent Chelsea, finally agreed to meet with the important French artist, Paul Maze, who needed an assistant to help write his memoir of his work as a field artist during the First World War. Their working relationship ignited a passionate love that forever changed and haunted her.

On the tides of political and social chaos prior to the Second World War, Clara was forced to make decisions that risked both her life and her marriage.