Author Talk with Amy Fradel

Local author Amy Fradel will discuss her new book, Four Acres under Slavnik: a Slovenian Migration Story.

What began as a personal exploration of  Fradel’s family’s immigrant history became a deep dive into global issues surrounding immigration, racism, and the rise of authoritarian regimes that the world still grapples with today while it tells a captivating story of Primorskans who lived it.
In Four Acres under Slavnik, Fradel takes the reader on an epic journey that spans two world wars, the Italian occupation of Primorska, the Great Depression, the early years of communist Yugoslavia, and immigrant experiences through the eyes of a Slovenian family. It is the intimate story of ordinary people facing the challenges of life in the new country and of those striving to survive in the old country during cataclysmic times. It tells of their sorrows, disagreements, and longing to remain connected to each other and to their small pieces of land that lasted their lifetimes and extended to subsequent generations.