Deborah Rohan Will Read From ‘The Olive Grove: A Palestinian Story’ At The Seattle Public Librar

Author Deborah Rohan will read from her book, “The Olive Grove: A Palestinian Story” at The Seattle Public Library, Montlake Branch, 2401 24th Ave. E.

The program is free and open to the public. No registration is required. Limited free parking is available in the branch parking lot.

“The Olive Grove” is about a Palestinian family’s struggle to live and work on an olive grove that has been in their family for years. The book is fiction, but it is based on the real story of the Moghrabi family.

To write “The Olive Grove,” Rohan interviewed Palestinian refugee Hamzi Moghrabi and traveled to Palestine and Lebanon. She lives in Colorado.

For more information, call the branch at 206-684-4720.

Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008.

Time: 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm.

Location: The Seattle Public Library, Montlake Branch, 2401 24th Ave. E.