Night Owl Book Club In-Person
Join us for a discussion of Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival by William Morrow.
Forty Autumns makes visceral the pain and longing of one family forced to live apart in a world divided by two. At twenty, Hanna escaped from East to West Germany. But the price of freedom—leaving behind her parents, eight siblings, and family home—was heartbreaking. Uprooted, Hanna eventually moved to America, where she settled down with her husband and had children of her own.
Growing up near Washington, D.C., Hanna’s daughter, Nina Willner became the first female Army Intelligence Officer to lead sensitive intelligence operations in East Berlin at the height of the Cold War. Though only a few miles separated American Nina and her German relatives—grandmother Oma, Aunt Heidi, and cousin, Cordula, a member of the East German Olympic training team—a bitter political war kept them apart.
For adults ages 18 and up. Registration opens September 17. Please call the Thomas Branch at 219-926-7696 for book availability and registration.
- Date:
- Wednesday, October 22, 2025
- Time:
- 6:30pm - 7:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Bertha Wood Meeting Room
- Branch:
- Thomas Branch
- Audience:
- Adult Senior
- Categories:
- Adult Program