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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Nataly Restokian - MASKS
DESCRIPTION:Middle-Eastern TV star hopes to promote #MeToo movement in Arabic countries\nTimely\, the personal story uncovers fame\, betrayal\, and passion under Middle East spotlight. \nMASKS debut novel by Nataly Restokian \nTuesday\, September 10 at 7pm \n“A deftly written\, inherently fascinating\, iconoclastic novel of one woman’s emotional struggle to break through a patriarchal society’s compulsory norms for her gender and the difficulties of being true to her own personal and emotional aspirations.” James A. Cox\, Midwest Book Review \nAfter positive results from early promotion in the US and UK including various nominations\, author Nataly Restokian is looking forward to the hometown launch of her first novel\, Masks. Restokian\, the granddaughter of Armenian genocide survivors\, was born and raised in Beirut against the backdrop of civil war. She spent two decades as a celebrated television journalist\, actor\, and live talk show and radio host in Lebanese and Arabic societies\, where she was one of the most recognizable women in the media. But at what cost? Against all odds\, Restokian rose to the top before giving it all up and moving to Montreal for a chance at genuine happiness and personal truth. \nPlease join her for the launch of her first novel\, Masks\, on Tuesday\, September 10\, for readings\, a Q&A and refreshments. \nWhat people are saying about Masks:\nForeword Reviews 2018 INDIES Book of the Year award\, finalist- Multicultural (Adult Fiction).\nwww.goodreads.com/book/show/39805939-masks \nCheck out www.natalyrestokian.com/news-and-reviews for reviews\, interviews and blog tour. \nYou can read excerpts from the book here:\nwww.amazon.com/Masks-Nataly-Restokian/dp/1773708104#reader_B07BB6RMDS \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-launch-nataly-restokian-masks/
LOCATION:DIB Design\,\, 1215 Curé-Labelle Boulevard\, Laval\, Quebec\, H7V 2V8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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SUMMARY:True Reads Book Club: Three Women
DESCRIPTION:Come discuss the most interesting books in new Non-Fiction with our True Reads book club! Happening every 4-6 weeks hosted by a charming member of the Drawn & Quarterly staff. \nFor our SEPTEMBER meeting\, we’ll be reading Three Women by Lisa Taddeo. The book club will meet at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard Ouest at 7pm. La Petite’s Arizona O’Neil will be hosting! \nTHREE WOMEN\nIt thrills us and torments us. It controls our thoughts\, destroys our lives\, and it’s all we live for. Yet we almost never speak of it. And as a buried force in our lives\, desire remains largely unexplored—until now. Over the past eight years\, journalist Lisa Taddeo has driven across the country six times to embed herself with ordinary women from different regions and backgrounds. The result\, Three Women\, is the deepest nonfiction portrait of desire ever written and one of the most anticipated books of the year. \nBased on years of immersive reporting\, and told with astonishing frankness and immediacy\, Three Women is a groundbreaking portrait of erotic longing in today’s America\, exposing the fragility\, complexity\, and inequality of female desire with unprecedented depth and emotional power. It is both a feat of journalism and a triumph of storytelling\, brimming with nuance and empathy\, that introduces us to three unforgettable women—and one remarkable writer—whose experiences remind us that we are not alone. \n**We offer a 20% discount on Three Women from now until the meeting date.**
URL:https://qwf.org/event/true-reads-book-club-three-women/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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