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This month both the Monday and Thursday afternoon groups will be reading Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan, a book based on the true story of a forgotten hero name Pino Lella. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino, at 17, joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Italian Alps to Switzerland. In an attempt to protect him, Pino’s parents force him to enlist as a German soldier, but after Pino is injured, he is recruited to become the personal driver for Adolf Hitler’s left-hand man in Italy. With the opportunity to spy for the Allies inside the German High Command, Pino endures the horrors of the war and the Nazi occupation by fighting in secret.
The Monday group will meet to discuss the book at 1:00 p.m. February 25 and the Thursday group will meet February 28. For information regarding the Thursday group please contact Steve and Ann Morris at samwrsi@cox.net and for the Monday afternoon group, Frances Ozimec at
fozimec@cox.net.
—Frances Ozimec
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