Cream Tea and Meet Alison Marshall

Enjoy a Cream Scone and cup of tea whilst listening to local author Alison Marshall, discuss her book Journeys of Hope: The Letters of Meyer and Sonia. Journeys of Hope is the story of two people's emigration journey, documented through their letters, which partly takes place in Leeds.

About Journeys of Hope:

Meyer Fortes and Sonia Donen grew up in a Jewish immigrant community in South Africa, where they met and fell in love. In 1927, Meyer set off, alone, to study in London. Sonia stayed behind in South Africa and they kept up a lively correspondence to keep in touch.

Their letters chart their hopes, fears, disappointments and successes, as Meyer struggles to make a life for himself in London and prepare for Sonia’s arrival. Members of both their families had undergone their own journeys, fleeing from danger in the Jewish Pale of Settlement of the Russian Empire. Meyer’s…