Miriam Gold reading from Elena, A Handmade Life

Join us to for a reading and Q and A with Miriam Gold about her graphic memoir, Elena, A Handmade Life, the story of the ordinary extraordinary life of her grandmother Dr Elena Zadik.

“With a stethoscope, a jar of herring and a hearing aid occasionally switched on, she forged an extraordinary life.”

Finding community, falling in love and starting a family in Sheffield while her parents were imprisoned and killed in Auschwitz, she swam against the odds with courage and tenacity. Miriam’s beautiful graphic novel gathers the threads of her Granny’s story, reflecting on their unconventional relationship and how trauma travels down through the generations in this gorgeous brocade of illustration and collage. “Granny was an unintentionally hilarious woman, often difficult, always opinionated and deeply resourceful.”

She was also a prolific and constant knitter.

Bring your knitting and come and listen as Miriam reads from her book and explains about the knitted threads that run through the astonishing story of her granny’s life.