Join us on May 3 for a book talk with Anne Marie Kenny, author of A Song for Bohemia, a memoir.
The story chronicles a girl from Omaha, Nebraska, as she follows her heart and becomes a singer in France and then a business owner in Czechoslovakia. Kenny’s first-hand account of the historic changes during the second half of the 20th century, most notably Eastern Europe’s transition to freedom and democracy after suffering 40 years behind the Iron Curtain, and before that, under Nazi rule.
Kenny is an American singer, writer, and entrepreneur. She lived her early adult years in France where she performed at the Paris Ritz and on television, radio, and film. When the Iron Curtain fell, she moved to Prague and started a staffing and training company that would be ranked No. 2 in the Czech market. She currently lives in the United States, often returning to Paris and Prague where she feels equally at home. Her memoir, A Song for Bohemia (2025), is available in English and Czech.
Kenny is joined by Martin Palouš, former Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United States, who wrote the foreword to the novel.
