Longing for home: As a 21-year-old, Golara Haghtalab immigrated to the United States from Iran after her family was randomly selected to receive diversity visas. They settled in Charlottesville, and Haghtalab went on to receive a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and studio arts from the University of Virginia. Inspired by social justice movements and the need for all voices to be heard, Haghtalab shares her journey in the new memoir, Immigrant: Courage Required. The moving story of change and adaptation follows Haghtalab, now 30, as her day is broken up with vivid thoughts and flashbacks that examine immigration, identity, race, gender, and death.
Saturday 1/22. Free, 4pm. New Dominion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. ndbookshop.com
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