The Greenfield Public Library is pleased to welcome local author Elaine Harootunian Reardon on Wednesday June 4, at 2pm in the library’s Conference Room to read from and speak about her book Stories Told in a Lost Tongue.

A story of immigration and assimilation spanning three generations, this book is an exploration of heritage and healing found in everyday rituals. There is a teller of fortunes, a monk who travels with a donkey, and the tastes and smells at the kitchen table as the alchemy of cooking raises memories of those that were loved. Stories Told In a Lost Tongue is Harootunian Reardon’s third book of poetry, an exploration of heritage and healing.

Elaine Harootunian Reardon is a storyteller telling the collective stories of our journeys and how we heal. These poems, each a short story, are drawn from her multigenerational family home in Boston where she was raised, from Kharpet, Venice, The Vatican, places on her family's journey. Elaine is the author of two previous chapbooks, The Heart Is A Nursery For Hope, 2016, and Look Behind You, published in 2019. Elaine has won several awards and has been published in various journals and anthologies in the United States and Europe.

Books will be available for purchase at the event.

For more information, contact Lisa Prolman at librarian@greenfieldpubliclibrary.org, or call (413) 772-1544.

This program, generously sponsored by the Friends of the Greenfield Public Library, is free and open to everyone.