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Please join us for the special program with Jeffrey L. Richards. Jeffrey will be discussing his book We Are Only Ghosts, an historical fiction that is both a stunning tale of survival and and unsettling psychological edge. Though portions of Jeffrey's novel takes place in a World War II death camp, this is not purely a "Holocaust story". 

About the book: New York City, 1968: The customers at Café Marie don't come just for the excellent pastries and coffee. They come for the upscale ambiance and its being an escape from the hustle and bustle of NYC. Headwaiter Charles Ward helps create this illusion through his impeccable service and unobtrusive manner. This is a skill Charles masters a young Jewish boy in war-torn Europe. At 17, along with his family, Charles had been deported to Auschwitz. While there, Charles was singled out by a Nazi officer who was both his savior and tormentor. But that is a couple decades behind him...until...the former officer strolls into Café Marie. 

About the author:  Jeffery L. Richards is an author and playwright. Originally from Oklahoma, Jeffrey moved to NYC nearly three decades ago and began writing seriously while enrolled in New York University. He currently lives in New Jersey with his rescue dog, Andi. 

If you plan to zoom this program, use this link. Or join us at the library and be a part of the live audience while we zoom with Jeffrey on the big screen.

Thanks to Robert Hayes of Tewksbury's library for handling the zoom side of this program for us! And thanks to Groton & Chelmsford Libraries for partnering with our libraries.