Sat April 4, 2015
"She Also Served: Letters from a Navy Wife"
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at City of Menlo Park - City Council
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During World War II, Virgilia Short Witzel, a young mother and Navy officer’s wife, grappled on the home front in Menlo Park with wartime rationing, shortages & loneliness. During the ensuing Cold War, she
experienced adventure & misadventure overseas. Living in opulence in China while surrounded by poverty, she was forced to evacuate in a rush as the Communists took over. In the early 1950s, she moved to London,
enjoying celebrity-studded receptions, including tea at Buckingham
Palace, while her daughter Christine attended kindergarten & acquired an English accent & a taste for travel.
After her mother’s death at nearly 95 in 2004, Christine Witzel was
overwhelmed by the boxes of letters, stashed away in the family’s Menlo Park home. Over the course of half-a-dozen years, she compiled the most entertaining and historically interesting selections, augmenting them with newspaper clippings, an appendix of world events and her own
reflections. The result is "She Also Served: Letters from a Navy Wife."
Christine Witzel will appear in Menlo Park to discuss her book & reminisce about her mother's exciting adventures. Books will be available for sale & signing, and there will be refreshments at the event, courtesy of the Friends of the Menlo Park Library.
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experienced adventure & misadventure overseas. Living in opulence in China while surrounded by poverty, she was forced to evacuate in a rush as the Communists took over. In the early 1950s, she moved to London,
enjoying celebrity-studded receptions, including tea at Buckingham
Palace, while her daughter Christine attended kindergarten & acquired an English accent & a taste for travel.
After her mother’s death at nearly 95 in 2004, Christine Witzel was
overwhelmed by the boxes of letters, stashed away in the family’s Menlo Park home. Over the course of half-a-dozen years, she compiled the most entertaining and historically interesting selections, augmenting them with newspaper clippings, an appendix of world events and her own
reflections. The result is "She Also Served: Letters from a Navy Wife."
Christine Witzel will appear in Menlo Park to discuss her book & reminisce about her mother's exciting adventures. Books will be available for sale & signing, and there will be refreshments at the event, courtesy of the Friends of the Menlo Park Library.
During World War II, Virgilia Short Witzel, a young mother and Navy officer’s wife, grappled on the home front in Menlo Park with wartime rationing, shortages & loneliness. During the ensuing Cold War, she
experienced adventure & misadventure overseas. Living in opulence in China while surrounded by poverty, she was forced to evacuate in a rush as the Communists took over. In the early 1950s, she moved to London,
enjoying celebrity-studded receptions, including tea at Buckingham
Palace, while her daughter Christine attended kindergarten & acquired an English accent & a taste for travel.
After her mother’s death at nearly 95 in 2004, Christine Witzel was
overwhelmed by the boxes of letters, stashed away in the family’s Menlo Park home. Over the course of half-a-dozen years, she compiled the most entertaining and historically interesting selections, augmenting them with newspaper clippings, an appendix of world events and her own
reflections. The result is "She Also Served: Letters from a Navy Wife."
Christine Witzel will appear in Menlo Park to discuss her book & reminisce about her mother's exciting adventures. Books will be available for sale & signing, and there will be refreshments at the event, courtesy of the Friends of the Menlo Park Library.
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experienced adventure & misadventure overseas. Living in opulence in China while surrounded by poverty, she was forced to evacuate in a rush as the Communists took over. In the early 1950s, she moved to London,
enjoying celebrity-studded receptions, including tea at Buckingham
Palace, while her daughter Christine attended kindergarten & acquired an English accent & a taste for travel.
After her mother’s death at nearly 95 in 2004, Christine Witzel was
overwhelmed by the boxes of letters, stashed away in the family’s Menlo Park home. Over the course of half-a-dozen years, she compiled the most entertaining and historically interesting selections, augmenting them with newspaper clippings, an appendix of world events and her own
reflections. The result is "She Also Served: Letters from a Navy Wife."
Christine Witzel will appear in Menlo Park to discuss her book & reminisce about her mother's exciting adventures. Books will be available for sale & signing, and there will be refreshments at the event, courtesy of the Friends of the Menlo Park Library.
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City of Menlo Park - City Council
701 Laurel St, Menlo Park, CA 94025
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