This month we will be reading We Were the Lucky Ones and experience brunch at Aldana!
It is the spring of 1939 and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their best to live normal lives, even as the shadow of war grows closer. The talk around the family Seder table is of new babies and budding romance, not of the increasing hardships threatening Jews in their hometown of Radom, Poland. But soon the horrors overtaking Europe will become inescapable and the Kurcs will be flung to the far corners of the world, each desperately trying to navigate his or her own path to safety.
As one sibling is forced into exile, another attempts to flee the continent, while others struggle to escape certain death, either by working grueling hours on empty stomachs in the factories of the ghetto or by hiding as gentiles in plain sight. Driven by an unwavering will to survive and by the fear that they may never see one another again, the Kurcs must rely on hope, ingenuity, and inner strength to persevere.
An extraordinary, propulsive novel, We Were the Lucky Ones demonstrates how in the face of the twentieth century’s darkest moment, the human spirit can endure and even thrive. This Novel is inspired by the real life Kurc family and is also a miniseries on Hulu.
Once I gage how many people are interested I will get a reservation and folks will get moved off the waitlist so for now everyone will be shown as waitlisted. Please remember to keep your RSVPs current.
Also if anyone is interested in grabbing a churro at the Churro place next door afterwards I will be heading there after the event. Aldana if you haven't been to yet, it's a treat, the inside is a work of art (literally) as is the Churro place. Bonus they serve brunch or lunch items as part of their delicious Mexican cuisine.
