The author of Under A Fig Tree … A Family Memoir will discuss her experience in recreating the three-generation story of her family’s assimilation to America. Her research pieces together photographs, letters, documents, recipes, and scraps of cultural lore. It is the story of her grandparents, as well as the Scafidi family, the broader Sicilian community of Rutland and her childhood in that community. It culminates with retracing her grandparents’ journey, first through Ellis Island, and eventually to the vineyards at the foot of Mount Edna and to her grandparents’ villages in Castiglione di Sicilia and Randazzo. She will discuss the challenges of creating a voice, maintaining discipline, and finding the missing pieces in compiling a family memoir. Join us for an evening of family lore and local history and leave with a signed copy of this amazing book.