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SUMMARY:French Book Discussion Club - In Person 
LOCATION:Connie Morella Library\nConnie Morella Library
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DESCRIPTION:Do you want to practice your French? Improve your French vocab
 ulary? Meet new Francophiles? Please join us to discuss the book  «Une 
 si longue lettre» by Mariama Bâ..\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/12
 593870
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>We meet in the main meeting room to read a
 nd discuss books in French one Tuesday a month from 2:00 to 4:00 pm.&nbsp\
 ;</p>\n<p>On April 22\, 2025\, we'll discuss &nbsp\;&laquo\;Une si longue 
 lettre&raquo\;\, the first novel by Senegalese&nbsp\;writer Mariama B&acir
 c\;. A&nbsp\;semi-autobiographical&nbsp\;epistolary novel\, its theme is t
 he condition of women in Western African society. As the novel begins\, Ra
 matoulaye Fall is beginning a letter to her lifelong friend Aissatou B&aci
 rc\;. The occasion for writing is Ramatoulaye's recent widowhood. As she g
 ives her friend the details of her husband's death\, she recounts the majo
 r events in their lives.</p>\n<p>The novel is often used in literature cla
 sses focusing on women's roles in post-colonial Africa. It won the first&n
 bsp\;Noma Award for Publishing in Africa&nbsp\;in 1980.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>M
 ore information about this program? Contact Marilyn Schiff at <a href="mai
 lto:marilynschiff41@gmail.com">marilynschiff41@gmail.com</a>&nbsp\;</p>\n<
 p></p>\n<p>Take a look at these resources for: <span style="color: #0000ff
 \;"><a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Search/Results?lookfor=&amp\;
 searchIndex=Keyword&amp\;filter[]=language%3A%22French%22&amp\;sort=releva
 nce&amp\;view=list&amp\;searchSource=local" style="color: #0000ff\;">Books
  in French available at MCPL</a>\,<a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/
 library/services/interlibraryloan.html" style="color: #0000ff\;">&nbsp\;In
 terlibrary loans</a>\, <a href="https://mcpl.blog/category/readers-cafe/" 
 style="color: #0000ff\;">book recommendations</a>\,&nbsp\;<a href="https:/
 /mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/WebBuilder/ResourcesList#LanguageLearningPanel" s
 tyle="color: #0000ff\;">Language learning</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><strong>Accommodation Requests</strong></p>\n<p
 >People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request&nbsp\;<a href="http
 s://montgomerycountymd.gov/Library/accessibility/interpreter.html">English
 -language captioning or sign-language interpretation</a>&nbsp\;at least fi
 ve days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact 
 the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002
  with all other accommodation requests.</p>\n<p>cm 1.1 01/03/2023</p>\nhtt
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