Lunch and Learn returns with special guest Margaret McMullan author of "Where the Angels Lived: One Family's Story o f Exile\, Loss\, and Return\," in conversation with the Prince George's Co unty Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Librar y System.
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"The moment she discovers the existence of Ri chard\, a long-lost relative\, at Israel's Holocaust Museum\, Margaret McM ullan begins an unexpected journey of revelation and connectivity as she t irelessly researches the history of her ancestors\, the Engel de Já\ ;nosis. Propelled by a Fulbright cultural exchange that sends her to teach at a Hungarian University\, Margaret\, her husband and teenage son all ea gerly travel to Pé\;cs\, the land of her mother's Jewish lineage. Af ter reaching Pé\;cs\, a Hungarian town both small and primarily Chri stian\, Margaret realizes right then and there how difficult her mission i s going to be. Heart-wrenching\, passionate and insightful\, "Where the An gels Lived" by Margaret McMullan beautifully documents the relentless dete rmination of a woman picking up the pieces of her family's fragmented hist ory throughout the Hungarian Holocaust." -provided by the publisher. \ ; \;
\nAbout Margaret McMullan
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Margaret McM ullan is the author of nine award-winning books including \;In My Moth er&rsquo\;s House \;and \;How I Found the Strong. Her essays have appeared in \;The Washington Post\, \;The Hill\, \;The Bulwark \, \;USA Today\, The Los Angeles Times\, \;The Chicago Tribune\, T he Boston Herald\, \;The Morning Consult\, \;The Morning Edition\, \;The Huffington Post\, National Geographic\, \;The Sun\, \;a nd \;Kveller\, \;among others. \;She received an NEA Fellowshi p and a Fulbright in Hungary to research her memoir\, \;Where the Ange ls Lived. \;She writes full time in Pass Christian\, Mississippi.
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