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SUMMARY:African American Book Club - In-person
LOCATION:Marilyn J. Praisner Library\nMarilyn J. Praisner Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion of Girl\, Woman\, Other by Bernardine
  Evaristo.\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/10456190
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>This group is associated with the Marilyn 
 Praisner J. Library and all are welcome.</p>\n<p>Print copies of&nbsp\;<em
 >Girl\, Woman\, Other</em> by Bernardine Evaristo will be available beginn
 ing June 4\, 2024.</p>\n<p><em>Girl\, Woman\, Other</em> is available as a
 n&nbsp\;<a href="https://mcplmd.overdrive.com/media/4900149">eBook</a>&nbs
 p\;on&nbsp\;Libby\, and as an&nbsp\;<a href="https://mcplmd.overdrive.com/
 media/5284130">eAuidiobook</a>&nbsp\;on Libby.</p>\n<p>"Girl\, Woman\, Oth
 er is a celebration of the diversity of Black British experience. Moving\,
  hopeful\, and inventive\, this extraordinary novel is a vivid portrait of
  the state of contemporary Britain and the legacy of Britain's colonial hi
 story in Africa and the Caribbean. The twelve central characters of this m
 ulti-voiced novel lead vastly different lives: Amma is a newly acclaimed p
 laywright whose work often explores her black lesbian identity\; her old f
 riend Shirley is a teacher\, jaded after decades of work in London's fundi
 ng-deprived schools\; Carole\, one of Shirley's former students\, works ha
 rd to earn a degree from Oxford and becomes an investment banker\; Carole'
 s mother Bummi works as a cleaner and worries about her daughter's lack of
  rootedness despite her obvious achievements. From a nonbinary social medi
 a influencer to a 93-year-old woman living on a farm in Northern England\,
  these unforgettable characters also intersect in shared aspects of their 
 identities\, from age to race to sexuality to class. Sparklingly witty and
  filled with emotion\, centering voices we often see othered\, and written
  in an innovative and fast-moving form that borrows from poetry\, Girl\, W
 oman\, Other is a polyphonic and richly textured social novel that reminds
  us of everything that connects us to our neighbors\, even in times when w
 e are encouraged to be split apart"-- MCPL Catalog</p>\n<p>Questions about
  this program?&nbsp\;Contact the branch 240-773-9460</p>\n<p>Don't have a 
 card right now?&nbsp\; No worries!&nbsp\; Find out how to&nbsp\;<a href="h
 ttps://mcpl.link/library-card-from-event-listing">Get a Library Card</a>.<
 /p>\n<p></p>\n<p><strong>Accommodation Requests</strong></p>\n<p>People wh
 o are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request&nbsp\;<strong><a href="https:
 //montgomerycountymd.gov/Library/accessibility/interpreter.html">English-l
 anguage captioning or sign-language interpretation</a></strong>&nbsp\;at l
 east five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. C
 ontact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-7
 77-0002 with all other accommodation requests.</p>\n<p>cm 1.1 01/03/2023</
 p>\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/10456190
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