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SUMMARY:Book Club - Paradise\, by Abdulrazak Gurnah
DESCRIPTION:Paradise\, by Tanzanian-born writer Abdulrazak Gurnah – winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature.  Our library system owns 16 copies\, six of which are available as of this writing.  \nThe library summary reads\, “The adventures of a 12-year-old African boy sold into slavery by his father to pay off a debt. The setting is East Africa\, a place of trade caravans\, tribal warfare and the beginnings of European colonization.”   \nThe book appears on a list of recommendations from Friendship Force International.  \nContact Marjie Marion for the Zoom link in advance.
URL:https://ffwis.org/event/book-club-paradise-by-abdulrazak-gurnah/
LOCATION:Zoom – within your own home!\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
ORGANIZER;CN="Marjie Marion":MAILTO:midsi@aol.com
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SUMMARY:Book Club
DESCRIPTION:The next Book Club is taking a summer sabbatical. The next meeting will be on Monday\, September 19\, at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom co-leaders Marjie Marion and Marian Ehrenberg have announced.  \nReaders are asked to choose a book from a selection of Ukrainain-related books on the topics of geography\, history\, fiction\, poetry\, and anthology. Discussion will revolve around impressions of the Ukrainain experience as perceived through the books.
URL:https://ffwis.org/event/book-club/
LOCATION:Zoom – within your own home!\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
ORGANIZER;CN="Marjie Marion":MAILTO:midsi@aol.com
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SUMMARY:Book Club - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
DESCRIPTION:The final book club meeting before taking a break for the summer will be on May 23. The group will discuss All the Light We Cannot See\, by Anthony Doerr. which is “…a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II…Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner\, Doerr illuminates the ways\, against all odds\, people try to be good to one another.” \nMany have already read and loved this book\, so please join the discussion whether you read it years ago or have it still fresh in your mind. To join on May 23 please email Marian Ehrenberg by May 21 for zoom link – marianeh2014@gmail.com.
URL:https://ffwis.org/event/book-club-all-the-light-we-cannot-see-by-anthony-doerr/
LOCATION:Zoom – within your own home!\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
ORGANIZER;CN="Marian Ehrenberg":MAILTO:marianeh2014@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Book Club - The Beekeeper of Aleppo
DESCRIPTION:The next meeting is Monday\, April 25 at 7:00 pm on Zoom. The book will be “The Beekeeper of Aleppo” by Christy Lefteri. It is a compassionate story of a refugee couple’s journey from their home in war torn Syria to find their cousin who had become a beekeeper in England. Several books are available in the Dane County library system. \nEmail Marian Ehrenberg at: marianeh2014@gmail.com by February 24 for the Zoom key.
URL:https://ffwis.org/event/book-club-the-beekeeper-of-aleppo/
LOCATION:Zoom – within your own home!\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
ORGANIZER;CN="Marian Ehrenberg":MAILTO:marianeh2014@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Book Club - "Everything Inside"
DESCRIPTION:On February 28 at 7:00 pm we will meet on Zoom to discuss “Everything Inside” by Edwidge Danticat. \nPublished in 2019\, it is a collection of eight family stories of people from Haiti and the Caribbean. A Google books review says the book is “a collection of vividly imagined stories about community\, family\, and love.” \nEmail Marian Ehrenberg at: marianeh2014@gmail.com by February 24 for the Zoom key.
URL:https://ffwis.org/event/book-club-everything-inside/
LOCATION:Zoom – within your own home!\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
ORGANIZER;CN="Marian Ehrenberg":MAILTO:marianeh2014@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Book Club - My Forbidden Face – Growing Up Under the Taliban
DESCRIPTION:The next Book Club Meeting is on January 24th at 7:00 pm on ZOOM.  \nThat gives you lots of time to read “My Forbidden Face – Growing Up Under the Taliban” by Latifa.  \nIt is available at the local library or on Amazon if you wish to buy it.  \nGoogle says that the book “……. provides a poignant and highly personal account of life under the Taliban regime. With painful honesty and clarity Latifa describes the way she watched her world falling apart\, in the name of a fanatical interpretation of a faith that she could not comprehend.”  \nEmail Marian Ehrenberg at: marianeh2014@gmail.com for the Zoom key.
URL:https://ffwis.org/event/book-club-my-forbidden-face-growing-up-under-the-taliban/
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