BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Library Market//iCal Export//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Author Event: David Chernushenko
UID:12699
DTSTAMP:20260411T033900Z
DTSTART:20260514T180000Z
DTEND:20260514T190000Z
LOCATION:Picton Branch, 208 Main Street, Picton ON K0K 2T0, Canada
ROOM: Picton - Janikowski Room
DESCRIPTION:David Chernushenko will join us to discuss his book, Standing 
 with Underdogs Not a Ukrainian.Barely a Ukrainian-Canadian.Rather, a Cana
 dian with many questions.David Chernushenko knew little of his roots in Uk
 raine until he received a document from his Aunt Raya in 2021. She had com
 pleted a family memoir and was sharing the results. He was immediately hoo
 ked—and convinced this extraordinary story should be shared.Then Russian
  forces launched a full-scale war on Ukraine. David was surprised by how v
 iscerally it affected him. Though this was the native land of his father a
 nd aunt’s family, he had never visited and didn’t even speak the langu
 age.Like many people, he was upset by Russia’s assault, but why was he s
 o upset?To understand demanded a deep dive; not just into his Ukrainian or
 igins but a retracing of his life’s journey across six momentous decades
 , as a globe-trotting diplomatic child, ambitious journalist, environmenta
 l activist, self-taught filmmaker and novelist and accidental politician.W
 hat emerged was a remarkable tale that is equally a family journey, person
 al voyage and universal story—he is not the only one with family that ca
 me from afar, at great risk, to start a new life against all odds.In this 
 genre-bending book David offers Raya’s story and his; sprinkled with his
 torical commentary, then peppered with political writing that is insightfu
 l, humorous and furious in equal measure. 
URL:https://princeedwardcounty.librarycalendar.com/event/author-event-davi
 d-chernushenko-12699
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR