Thursday, October 1, 2026 · 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Classroom — 9 Milford St., Upton, MA
Join us for an engaging talk with Cape Cod, award-winning historical fiction author Janis Robinson Daly as she shares her inspiration and research which led to writing her latest novel Under Two Flags. Drawing upon the memoir of eighteen-year-old Josephine Therese Marzynski, a Boston opera student trapped in Berlin during World War I, Daly explores how Josephine's passion for music drives her strength to endure even in humanity’s darkest hours. Early praise highlights Daly’s deft storytelling and emotional depth: “Daly sensitively explores war, patriotism, and ambition in this well-researched tale.” — Kate Quinn, bestselling author of The Alice Network About Under Two Flags Based on opera singer Josephine Marzynski’s memoir, With Old Glory in Berlin, UNDER TWO FLAGS exposes a city slowly starving under the weight of war. In October 1916, eighteen-year-old Josephine Therese Marzynski leaves her family and Jewish community in Boston to pursue a dream of studying opera at Berlin’s most prestigious music conservatory. When America enters the Great War in April 1917, Josephine’s world transforms overnight—from welcomed student to enemy of the state. Her survival depends on those who…