Virtual: Lisa Scottoline, Eternal

Lisa Scottoline

Eternal

The New York Times bestselling author of legal thrillers such as Look Again and Someone Knows turns her talents to the story of Rome during World War II. Elisabetta, Marco, and Sandro grow up as the best of friends despite their differences. Elisabetta is a feisty beauty who dreams of becoming a novelist; Marco the brash and athletic son in a family of professional cyclists; and Sandro a Jewish mathematics prodigy, kind-hearted and thoughtful, the son of a lawyer and a doctor. Their friendship blossoms to love, with both Sandro and Marco hoping to win Elisabetta's heart. But in the autumn of 1937, all of that begins to change as Mussolini asserts his power, aligning Italy's Fascists with Hitler's Nazis and altering the very laws that govern Rome. As anti-Semitism takes legal root and World War II erupts, the threesome realizes that Mussolini was only the beginning. In time, everything that the three hold dear--their families, their homes, and their connection to one another--is tested in ways they never could have imagined.

Sponsored by Jennifer & Jonathan Deutsch

Virtual

1 pm

This event can be viewed virtually at community.jccstl.org