Brown Book Club: The Curse of Pietro Houdini

Brown Club of Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

April 28 2024, 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time

Brown Book Club: The Curse of Pietro Houdini
Location
Cynthia's Apartment
404 Peachtree Hills Cir NE
Atlanta, GA 30305
USA
Cost
Generalfree

Join us for an in-person discussion of Derek B. Miller's The Curse of Pietro Houdini.

August, 1943. Fourteen-year-old Massimo is all alone. Newly orphaned and fleeing from Rome after surviving the American bombing raid that killed his parents, Massimo is attacked by thugs and finds himself bloodied at the base of the Montecassino. It is there in the Benedictine abbey’s shadow that a charismatic and cryptic man calling himself Pietro Houdini, the self-proclaimed “Master Artist and confidante of the Vatican,” rescues Massimo and brings him up the mountain to serve as his assistant in preserving the treasures that lay within the monastery walls.

But can Massimo believe what Pietro is saying, particularly when Massimo has secrets too?

Our discussion will be led and moderated by renowned writer, teacher, and book club facilitator, Greg Changnon.

Make sure to register! More information on location will be sent before the event.

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