Book Pals
Connect, Play, Thrive: Building Bonds Beyond Borders!
Book PALs has been created by PAL Canada Foundation to support the provision of activities that can help alleviate isolation and promote the mental health of older adults throughout Canada’s artistic community and beyond.
Our book of the month is:
The New York Times Besteller,
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery
We will discuss this book on:
Wednesday, January 7th @
7:30pm EST, 4:30pm PST
Set in the center of Paris, in an elegant apartment building inhabited by bourgeois families. Renée, the concierge, is witness to the lavish but vacuous lives of her numerous employers. Outwardly she conforms to every stereotype of the concierge: fat, cantankerous, addicted to television. Yet, unbeknownst to her employers, Renée is a cultured autodidact who adores art, philosophy, music, and Japanese culture. With humour and intelligence she scrutinizes the lives of the building’s tenants, who for their part are barely aware of her existence.
Please read and join us by signing up!
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We encourage you to sign up and participate in our book club, Book PALs. If you enjoy your first session, to continue we request that you become a member of PAL Canada.