Cranberry Genealogy Club: ​American Ending

Program Type:

Genealogy, Virtual, Workshop

Age Group:

Adults
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​American Ending

The book is a gritty and darkly humorous novel inspired by her family's saga, immigrants of the Old Believer Russian Orthodox faith who mined coal in Appalachia. She is named for her two grandmothers: Mary Zuravleff, who lost her American citizenship for marrying her Russian-born husband, and Kay Federoff, who forced the mining company to pay in cash rather than scrip and then got her husband away from the mines before black lung killed him. Mary Kay’s book was an Oprah Spring Book Pick and a finalist for the Langum Prize in American Historical Fiction.

Our presenter: Mary Kay Zuravleff will discuss the family history and documents she used as the historical underpinnings of her novel, American Ending, which she will read from. There will be abundant time for questions about gathering family stories, research and the life of coal miners. Mary Kay lives in Washington, DC, with her husband, Gary Zizka, who is a genealogist.

 

THIS IS A VIRTUAL EVENT. Register for the Zoom link at https://www.cranberrygenealogy.org/