U-M Professor Emerita Anne Herrmann will read from the book, followed by a conversation with Prof. Helmut Puff and Q & A with the audience. Herrmann, a dual citizen born in New York to Swiss parents, offers a witty, profound, and ultimately universal exploration of identity and community. In a work that is part memoir, part history and travelogue, Herrmann explores all our Swiss clichés (chocolate, secret bank accounts, Heidi, Nazi gold, neutrality, mountains, Swiss Family Robinson) and also scrutinizes topics that may surprise.