The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit Skirball Cultural Center California LA Metro: Los Angeles, Orange County, Santa Barbara, Ventura County - United States Education Wed 1 Apr 2009
2009
April 2009
Wednesday 1 April 2009
Wed 1 Apr. 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, 90049. 310-440-4500. Skirball Cultural Center - [email][events]
One session per month, February–June, various dates and times (5 sessions) Admission: $125 General; $100 Members; $75 Students This winter the Skirball Book Groups examine stories of freedom in America and beyond. At each meeting, under the direction of a professional book group facilitator, participants learn about the author\'s background and explore the book together, engaging in lively conversation. Discussion questions are distributed in advance of each class session. Participants must read the book prior to each class session. All books are available at Audrey\'s Museum Store at the Skirball. Book Group participants receive a 10% discount (may not be combined with other discounts).
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The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: A Jewish Family\'s Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World by Lucette Lagnado
This memoir of an Egyptian Jewish family\'s gradual ruin centers on Lagnado\'s father, \"the captain,\" a dashing man-about-town in 1950s Cairo. As the political climate worsens for Jews, the family escapes first to Paris and then Brooklyn, and is forced to leave their luxurious life behind.