The Old York Road Historical Society will present Buried Secrets: Looking for Frank and Ida by Anne Hanson, the first of its fall lecture series, on Wednesday, October 11 at 7:30pm.

From the event’s description:

Ms. Hanson’s new book Buried Secrets: Looking for Frank and Ida, is a real-life mystery about her quest to discover the hidden past that her grandparents Frank and Ida took to their graves. When she finally unearthed their real identities, she learned that their tales were lies invented to conceal disturbing facts. Buried Secrets is both a suspenseful drama and a true story about love, sacrifice, and family relationships. Its target audience is readers of suspense, memoir, and social history.

As well as being a tale of suspense, Buried Secrets celebrates love and family. Anne’s discoveries gave her dad the answers he had longed for his entire life. She helped to heal families that had been deeply wounded by Frank and Ida’s actions eighty years earlier. Buried Secrets explores a not-so-distant era when a young couple, thwarted by social conventions, could simply disappear and create new lives.

Lectures are FREE and open to the public, both in person in The John Barnes Room at Abington Friends Meeting and on Zoom. Login details will be posted day of the event. Lectures are not recorded for later playback.

The lecture series is sponsored by a grant from the Jenkinstown Lyceum. For more information, please call the Old York Road Historical Society at 215-886-8590.

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