Iowa author Miyoko Hikiji will read from her memoir All I Could Be: My Story as a Woman Warrior in Iraq on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 2 pm at St. Patrick Church in Cedar Township, north of Churdan.
Hikiji, of Cedar Rapids, served in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003 and was sent on more than 70 missions. She will sign books at the church afterward and also at a free veterans memorial supper at 5:30 pm in Lohrville at the community building. The supper honors those who died in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
Churdan youth librarian Marilyn Tilley said, “This writer is an excellent speaker. I’ve heard her and we’re lucky to get her.” For of preview of her work click here: All I Could Be
The St. Patrick reading is sponsored by the Lohrville library. For more information, please call Churdan Library at 515-389-3423.
