Oh, the Places You’ll Go…When Exploring Family Secrets

When shocking DNA test results upended Vinalhaven resident Michelle Tullier’s sense of self, family, and home, she embarked on a journey to uncover the truth and reclaim her identity. Join us as Michelle recounts tales of her travels from the Louisiana bayous and Bible Belt to the South Carolina Low Country, tracing family footsteps against a backdrop of the Great Depression, WWII, racial segregation, and homophobia. Learn from her virtual travels back to the tragic 18th-century expulsion of Acadians from the Bay of Fundy, and hear about the surprising way her quest concluded at a revered Vinalhaven institution. With humor, poignant candor, photographs, and readings from her literary memoir No Finer Place, this promises to be an engaging and informative evening.