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| Date: Friday , November 6th, 2009 Time: 7:00 PM Location: First United Methodist Church 25 Broadway Amityville, NY 11701 (for directions see below) Contact: Donna Sadowsky 631-234-9292 Laxmom1964@optonline.net Reply By October 28, 2009 Cost $ 5 per person You can register online at www.fccny.org Lucky Girl is excellent summer reading for anyone (adults and children 12* and over) "who's ever had a family...or two." This riveting memoir is about one person's surprise reunion and relationship with the complicated Chinese family that gave her up for adoption when she was a baby. Spanning cultures and continents, Mei-Ling Hopgood's journey brings home a tale of joy and regret, hilarity, deep sadness, and great discovery, as she untangles the unlikely strands that formed her destiny. As a journalist, Ms. Hopgood pushes herself to address from within many of the complex and difficult questions parents and adolescents struggle with around self-identity, adoption and the complicated concept of family today. Please join us for some great summer reading. This event will be appropriate for adoptive/waiting parents/grandparents and teens. Although encouraged, it will not be necessary for you to have read the book to attend the event. Also, check out www.mei-linghopgood.com and her fan page on Facebook. See the LUCKY GIRL book trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzuqKAGkz6g Please bring a dessert to share., Coffee/Tea will be provided. We apologize in advance, but there will not be babysitting available for this event.. (*Please use your discretion - you know your child. FCCNY is suggesting 12 and older; one of our FCC-LI moms felt it was more appropriate for those well into their teens.) Financial assistance is available: if you feel you can not afford FCCNY membership and/or this program please contact Kathy Urbina at FCCNYBrooklyn@aol.com Directions to :
25 Broadway Amityville Village From Southern State Parkway or Sunrise Highway: Take Route 110 South, all the way into the Village of Amityville. (Route 110 becomes Broadway.) At the center of the Village there is a Gazebo, bear left and continue on Route 110/Broadway. The church is on the left side, BEFORE Route 27A/Merrick Road. There's a municipal parking lot across the street from the church. Enter the church from the front and go up to the second floor. |
| Follow Up Symposium November 7 at N.Y.U. |