Two years after the 1973 CIA-assisted coup overthrew the democratically-elected president of Chile, Kathleen Osberger, a recent graduate and lay volunteer from the University of Notre Dame, travelled to Santiago to teach in a Catholic grade school. Upon arrival she was told a secret: the religious women she would live with sheltered dissidents in the cross-hairs of Pinochet’s secret police.

Soon, Osberger is handed a blindfold, a warrant and must go on the run. I Surrender depicts her harrowing experience, the solidarity of the Chilean people and the transformational role of nuns and priests dedicated to serving the poor.

Author Kathleen Osberger is a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist whose work has centered on the issues of trauma and torture.

Signed copies of I Surrender will be available for purchase for $20 via cash or check.

Registration is recommended but not required.

Held in partnership with the Edgewater Branch Library.