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Jun 26, 2024

June book club review

June book club review
The Book Club is a literary and convivial meeting where participants can share their favorite books. Below are the books that were presented on Tuesday, June 25:

Becoming, Michelle Obama

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States.

In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her—from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world’s most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it—in her own words and on her own terms.

L’amie prodigieuse, Elena Ferrante

Elena et Lila vivent dans un quartier pauvre de Naples à la fin des années cinquante. Bien qu’elles soient douées pour les études, ce n’est pas la voie qui leur est promise. Lila abandonne l’école pour travailler dans l’échoppe de cordonnier de son père. Elena, soutenue par son institutrice, ira au collège puis au lycée. Les chemins des deux amies se croisent et s’éloignent, avec pour toile de fond une Naples sombre, en ébullition. Formidable voyage dans l’Italie du boom économique, L’amie prodigieuse est le portrait de deux héroïnes inoubliables qu’Elena Ferrante traque avec passion et tendresse.

Sur la route, Jack Kerouac

“Sur la route” est centré sur le personnage obscur et fascinant de Dean Moriarty, alors considéré comme le chef de file de la Beat generation. En révolte contre l’hypocrisie morale de l’Amérique bien-pensante, Jack Kerouac parcourt les États-Unis à la recherche d’un nouveau mode de vie.

The culture map, Erin Meyer

Whether you work in a home office or abroad, business success in our ever more globalized and virtual world requires the skills to navigate through cultural differences. Renowned expert Erin Meyer is your guide through this subtle, sometimes treacherous terrain where people from starkly different backgrounds are expected to work harmoniously together. Even with English as a global language, it’s easy to fall into cultural traps that endanger careers and sink deals. In The Culture Map, Erin Meyer provides a field-tested model for decoding how cultural differences impact international business. She combines a smart analytical framework with practical, actionable advice for succeeding in a global world.

Inanna, Emily H. Wilson

Available soon at the Learning Center

En Mésopotamie, Inanna est la première Anunnaki née sur Terre. Elle est couronnée déesse de l’amour et promise à un destin exceptionnel. Pourtant, la guerre menace et les Anunnaki sont divisés. Inanna est mariée de force pour tenter de maintenir la paix. Le séducteur Gilgamesh veut échapper au roi Akka et Ninshubar, une guerrière, est chassée par sa tribu. Une relecture d’une épopée mythique.

Thanks again to Xiaoxian, Joelle, Carmina, Sonia et Céline for their participation and to Elise Thomas for hosting this meeting!

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