Lancaster Region

Marjorie was raised in Carlisle, PA. She studied music at Julliard. Later in life she donated her 1848 family home in Landisburg, PA to the Historical Society of Perry County in 1974. Her third husband, Eugene Goossens, a world-famous composer and conductor, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, and Marjorie became Lady Goossens. After reviewing hundreds of personal letters, newspaper clippings, documents, world travel memorabilia, etc. that were discovered left in the house Barbara Holliman felt Marjorie’s story should be shared. Her life and loves are a fascinating story of a most interesting and talented woman.

This will be an entertaining and compelling collection of stories by four established masters and two living writers: Leo Tolstoy’s “After the Ball”; Anton Chekhov’s “A Trifle From Real Life”; William Faulkner’s “Pantaloon in Black”; Ernest Hemingway’s “The Killers”; Ron Rash’s “Back of Beyond”; and Lionel Shriver’s “Exchange Rates.”