Bitter Almonds
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From the pen of Laurence Coss , author of A Novel Bookstore , comes this delightful story about friendship across racial and economic barriers set in contemporary paris. dith can hardly believe it when she learns that Fadila, her sixty-year-old housemaid, is completely illiterate. How can a person living in Paris in the third millennium possibly survive without knowing how to read or write? How does she catch a bus, or pay a bill, or withdraw money from the bank? Why, it's unacceptable She thus decides to become Fadila's French teacher. But teaching something as complex as reading and writing to an adult is rather more challenging that she thought. Their lessons are short, difficult, and tiring. Yet, during these lessons, the oh-so-Parisian dith and Fadila, an immigrant from Morocco, begin to understand one other as never before, and from this understanding will blossom a surprising and delightful friendship. dith will enter into contact with a way of life utterly unfamiliar to her, one that is unforgiving at times, but joyful and dignified.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1609450892
ISBN13:9781609450892
Release Date:April 2013
Publisher:Europa Editions
Length:176 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.3" x 8.2"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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