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SUMMARY:Bethesda Reads Book Discussion Club 
LOCATION:Connie Morella Library\nConnie Morella Library
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DESCRIPTION:Interested in joining? The Book Club meets the second Thursday
  of each month from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm\, meeting room 2. We'll talk over
  the book "The Glass Hotel" by Emily St. John Mandel..\nhttps://mcpl.libne
 t.info/event/12565754
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The book chosen for this month's discussio
 n is "<strong>The Glass Hotel</strong>" by <em>Emily St. John Mandel</em>.
 &nbsp\;It's essentially a novel about the Great Recession of 2008 and\, at
  its heart\, features a fictionalized version of the Ponzi scheme that Ber
 nard Madoff profited from. At the heart of the novel is the life of a youn
 g woman named&nbsp\;Vincent\, a hotel worker in a five-star hotel on an is
 land off the coast of British Columbia\, and&nbsp\;an ultra-wealthy con ma
 n. It follows the important points of her life through to her mysterious d
 isappearance from an international shipping vessel in 2018.&nbsp\;Along th
 e way\, the book explores a Ponzi scheme\, the international art market\, 
 and the heights and depths of economic social status in America. It&nbsp\;
 captures how precarious life is\, in a way that feels particularly resonan
 t now.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><em>Copies of this book are available at the check
  out desk\, while supplies last.</em></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Take a look at <spa
 n style="color: #3366ff\;"><a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Search
 /Results?lookfor=&amp\;searchIndex=Keyword&amp\;filter[]=target_audience%3
 A%22Adult%22&amp\;sort=relevance&amp\;view=list&amp\;searchSource=local" s
 tyle="color: #3366ff\;">MCPL's adult fiction collection</a></span>.</p>\n<
 p></p>\n<p>Don't have a card right now?&nbsp\; No worries!&nbsp\; Find out
  how to&nbsp\;<a href="https://mcpl.link/library-card-from-event-listing">
 Get a Library Card</a>.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Questions about this program?&nbs
 p\;Contact the branch 1-240-777-0970</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><strong>Accommodatio
 n Requests</strong></p>\n<p>People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should 
 request&nbsp\;<a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/Library/accessibilit
 y/interpreter.html">English-language captioning or sign-language interpret
 ation</a>&nbsp\;at least five days before the library-sponsored program th
 ey plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Prog
 ram 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/12565754
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