Bookclub announcement ! May-July pick ‘My Cousin Maria Schneider’ by Vanessa Schneider has recently been published into English , translated by Molly Ringwald (an actress and a Francophile !)
By Jacqueline Dubois Pasquier - BookClub Convenor
Bookclub announcement! May-July pick
‘My Cousin Maria Schneider’ by Vanessa Schneider has just been published in English, translated by Molly Ringwald (an actress and a Francophile !) and I thought it could be our next exciting MyFrenchLife™ bookclub pick to discuss.
I guess everyone has seen or heard of the 70s film ‘Last Tango in Paris ‘, where Maria Schneider starred opposite Marlon Brando in a very controversial role that affected the rest of her career and life. She died in 2011, aged 58.
We can still discuss ‘Mad Women’s Ball’ and ‘Love me Tender’
’ if you have not finished reading them as the theme of #womensissues, books written by and about women can be continued with this new suggestion.
And an Excellent article in The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/.../remembering-maria-schneider...
If you’re interested to read with us, then please let us know below! This is a global book club, in which you can read in French or English. The discussion is held in English but we could organise a French discussion if there are sufficient readers interested in that.
I invite you to read with us! Email us at info@MyFrenchLife.org if you’re interested to join us/read with us or if you have questions.
Jacqueline Dubois Pasquier
MyFrenchLife French Book Club Convenor and
Judy MacMahon
Fondatrice
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PS: More information on how this will all work - Merci - Thank you to those who have emailed to express your interest in joining us! We have previously run this French Book Club in a private group on Facebook but now we're going to try to do it here on Substack.
* Reading of 'MyCousin Maria Schneider' has been extended until the END OF JULY due to new readers from Substack.
* Jacqueline and I will post here and you will be able to comment on those posts.
* Additionally we will open French Book Club LIVE chats to enable more interactivity.
* We may have events online depending on the demand.
* We may also have in-person events for paying subscribers depending upon demand.
PS: OPTIONAL - here is our MyFrenchLife community private Facebook Group and from there you can request access to the #Bookchat - should you wish to do so.
Many thanks
Judy and Jacqueline
Please ask any questions below in the comments.
If you are interested to join us please first email us on info@myfrenchlife.org to register your interest. Merci.
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Merci - Thank you to those who have emailed to express your interest in joining us!
We have previously run this French Book Club in a private group on Facebook but now we're going to try to do it here on Substack.
* Reading of 'MyCousin Maria Schneider' has been extended until the END OF JULY due to new readers from Substack.
* Jacqueline and I will post here https://judymacmahon.substack.com/s/bookchat-myfrenchlife and you will be able to comment on those posts.
* Additionally we will open French Book Club LIVE chats to enable more interactivity.
* we may have events online depending on demand
* we may also have in person events for paying subscribers depending upon demand.
PS: OPTIONAL - here is our MyFrenchLife community private Facebook Group
and from there you can request access to the #Bookchat - should you wish to do so.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/MyFrenchLifeBookchat
Many thanks
Judy and Jacqueline
Please ask any questions here in comments
If you are interested to join us please first email us on info@myfrenchlife.org to register your interest. Merci.
Do you ever select English language books with a French life theme as the subject of the book club? Pardon My French by Rachael Mogan McIntosh is a funny, heartbreaking memoir of a young Australian family’s year in France. A contemporary Year in Provence with an antipodean sense of humour. I highly recommend it.