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When a photograph of her grandmother resurfaces online, Lea Ypi sets out to uncover the truth behind Leman’s life – a quest to fill in the blanks of a fractured past and restore a dignity the many folds of history nearly buried. In a journey that takes her from Salonica to the Albanian Secret Police Archives via Italy, Lea ultimately finds refuge in the power of storytelling, piecing together snippets of her grandmother’s life in a Europe in the midst of great political upheaval.
The questions she comes across in her journey are universal and they uncover something about the times we live in today. How can one reverse historical injustices to render the people closest to us as fully fledged individuals? And with what moral authority do we judge the past?
Lea Ypi holds the Ralph Miliband Chair in Politics and Philosophy at the London School of Economics. Her first trade book, Free: Coming of Age at the End of History won the Ondaatje Prize and the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize and was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Costa Biography Award. It is translated into over thirty languages.
Lea will be speaking at the Newington Green Meeting House on Friday 28th November at 7pm, followed by a Q&A.
You can pre-order and pay for your copy of the book (£22 plus Eventbrite fees) and collect it at the event, or buy a copy at the event. Our thanks to our partners at Stoke Newington Bookshop for this. To pre-order, please book and ticket and buy the book at checkout by 20th November.
The Newington Green Meeting House is the home of New Unity, a radically inclusive community of love and justice. Arts on the Green is New Unity’s arts, culture and lectures programme.
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