July Program with Dale Erquiaga

Dale Erquiaga will discuss his experience working with family memoirs and oral histories to create a novel of historical fiction, Three Wives’ Tales. The novel details the immigrant experiences of Victoria Urrutia Rubianes and Eladia Aguirre Erquiaga, the author’s grandmothers, as well as the life of his mother, Anita Rubianes Erquiaga. Woven together as a work of historical fiction, the memoirs and family lore of three Nevada women capture a journey of self-discovery filled with wisdom and strength that other Basque and immigrant families will recognize.