at Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant Street, Marblehead
Bestselling author and award-winning journalist Phyllis Karas will discuss her new book, “Curse of the Blumenthals,” the history of one close-knit New England Jewish-American family and their dark relationship with alcohol. The book follows the Blumenthal clan over a ninety-year period, from bootlegging arrests in 1920’s Providence, a drunk driver killing six members of their family in 1935, to the shocking and headline-grabbing 1954 murder of a Boston seamstress committed by teenager Ronnie Blumenthal. Though Blumenthal confessed and spent thirteen years in prison, to this day, the family isn’t sure if Ronnie or another family member was the killer.
Registration is required – please register below. Refreshments will be served.
