KENNEBUNK  — The Kennebunk Free Library Genealogy Group will host author, Marsha Denison at the Kennebunk Free Library at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9.

Denison will discuss her book Grisha’s Loop: My Slavic Saga.

Intended for all, Grisha’s Loop is a story of courage and survival. The book chronicles the life of Gregoire Ivanovich Samoylenko (endearingly called Grisha), and shares his journey as a little boy
growing up into a young man through his participation in the Russian Revolution as a member of the Tsar’s army.  As he fulfills his duty to his country, he abandons his plans to continue his education at
Petrograd University to pursue a peripatetic journey through Russia and around the Black Sea.

Marsha Denison was born in Boston, and grew up in the nearby suburb of Newton.  She has two daughters and three grandchildren, and since her retirement from health care in Connecticut, she and her husband retired to their beach home in Ocean Park, Maine.  

Although she has written other published articles, this is her first book; an attempt to record, share, and encourage others to cherish the written word and memories of years gone by.

The Genealogy Group is open to the public and meets nine times a year.

This program is free and wheelchair accessible.  The Kennebunk Free Library is at 112 Main St. in Kennebunk.

For more information, call 985-2173 or visit kennebunklibrary.org.