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Summary Of On Tuesday By Alex Gilvarry

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On Tuesday, November 8, author Alex Gilvarry gave a public book reading from his book “From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant," in which from the chapters in his book he discusses a Filipino man who came to America as an immigrant and describes his time working in the fashion industry. The Filipino immigrant takes about his ambitions of wanting to compete with the best and ultimately achieving his dream of wanting to show off his fashion designs. But along with his dreams, includes money, and the man meets a neighbor named Ahmed who helps him contribute to his dreams by lending thousands of dollars in cash. He also gives him bizarre advice on his love for a woman named Michelle in Savannah Lawrence College saying she isn’t worth his time

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