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Daytime Bereavement Book Club

  • Second Thursday of each month

Join us for our daytime book club.  Just as support groups, movies or music can promote the process of grief, so too can the non-fictional and fictional books that discuss grief and offer insight in how people cope in the face of the death of a loved one.

At this meeting, we will discuss Can't Wait to Get to Heaven, by Fannie Flagg

Octogenarian Elner Shimfissle falls off a ladder after accidentally disturbing a hornet's nest while picking figs.  After she dies at the hospital, the novel's bite-size chapters alternate between funny and touching vignettes showing how Elner's death and life has affected dozens of people in town, interspersed with scenes of Elner's laugh-out-loud assent into the hereafter.  From there, the plot offers readers a series of delightful surprises. 

Books are available at local bookstores, Amazon.com or your local library.

If you would like to sign up or have questions, contact Linda at 240-566-3037 or e-mail lkinna@fmh.org

 

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