Wester Hailes library next meeting of their Book Group will take place on Friday 28 April 2023, 11.00am – 12.00pm discussing ‘Bitter Almonds’ by Laurence Cossé.
Édith 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 than she thought. Their lessons are short, difficult, and tiring. Yet, during these lessons, the oh-so-Parisian Édith and Fadila, an immigrant from Morocco, begin to understand one another as never before, and form this understanding will blossom a surprising and delightful friendship.
All of the books discussed in the group are available at the library either physically or online.
Any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact us at the library in person, via telephone on 0131 529 5667, or via email at westerhailes.library@edinburgh.gov.uk.
