Author Reading with Maria-Cristina Necula

Author Maria-Cristina Necula, will read from her book, The Voice Beneath the Quince Tree, an inspiring story of growing up in communist Romania and escaping to the United States.  Also a singer, Maria-Cristina will delight the audience with a song or two.

Told from the perspective of a child who knows no other universe and sees her Bucharest home with eyes of wonder, this is a story of growing up in a world that, to this child, seems as infused with magic as it is brutal. In the midst of persecution, the little girl discovers the realm of opera that becomes an oasis of resistance and hope for her and her mother while they wait for the almost impossible approval to leave Romania and reunite with the girl's father in New York. When she arrives in the U.S., the culture shock is immense, but the girl finds her own way through teenagehood in American public schools, even drawing on the vampire lore associated with her native country, while staying true to her dream of becoming an opera singer.

Q&A will follow the reading and the author will be available to sign pre-purchased books which can be found on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/tvbtqt

Learn more about the author here:  mariacristinanecula.com