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SUMMARY:Thursday Morning Book Club
LOCATION:Marilyn J. Praisner Library\nMarilyn J. Praisner Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion of A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum..\nh
 ttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/12207725
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><em>A Woman is No Man</em> is available fo
 r pick up at the Marilyn J. Praisner Library and is available through Libb
 y as an <a href="https://mcplmd.overdrive.com/media/4056847">ebook</a> and
  <a href="https://mcplmd.overdrive.com/media/4128173">audiobook</a> and th
 rough Hoopla as an <a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/ebook/a-woman-is
 -no-man-etaf-rum/13643274">ebook</a> and <a href="https://www.hoopladigita
 l.com/audiobook/a-woman-is-no-man-etaf-rum/12195209">audiobook</a>.</p>\n<
 p></p>\n<p>Book Summary:</p>\n<p>Palestine\, 1990. Seventeen-year-old Isra
  prefers reading books to entertaining the suitors her father has chosen f
 or her. Over the course of a week\, the na&iuml\;ve and dreamy girl finds 
 herself quickly betrothed and married\, and is soon living in Brooklyn. Th
 ere Isra struggles to adapt to the expectations of her oppressive mother-i
 n-law Fareeda and strange new husband Adam\, a pressure that intensifies a
 s she begins to have children--four daughters instead of the sons Fareeda 
 tells Isra she must bear. Brooklyn\, 2008. Eighteen-year-old Deya\, Isra's
  oldest daughter\, must meet with potential husbands at her grandmother Fa
 reeda's insistence\, though her only desire is to go to college. Deya can'
 t help but wonder if her options would have been different had her parents
  survived the car crash that killed them when Deya was only eight. But her
  grandmother is firm on the matter: the only way to secure a worthy future
  for Deya is through marriage to the right man. But fate has a will of its
  own\, and soon Deya will find herself on an unexpected path that leads he
 r to shocking truths about her family--knowledge that will force her to qu
 estion everything she thought she knew about her parents\, the past\, and 
 her own future.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Questions about this program?&nbsp\;Conta
 ct 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="https://montgomerycountymd
 .gov/library/services/card.html">Get a Library Card</a>.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>
 <strong>Accommodation Requests</strong></p>\n<p>People who are Deaf or Har
 d of Hearing should request&nbsp\;<strong><a href="https://montgomerycount
 ymd.gov/Library/accessibility/interpreter.html">English-language captionin
 g or sign-language interpretation</a></strong>&nbsp\;at least five days be
 fore the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assist
 ant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all 
 other accommodation requests.</p>\n<p>cm 1.1 01/03/2023</p>\nhttps://mcpl.
 libnet.info/event/12207725
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