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🌍Special Francophonie events, displays & more in March View this email in your browser Upcoming Events📅 Prochains Évènements See below some special events we have planned for March in honor of the International Mois de la Francophonie and the local DC Francophonie Festival! Ongoing in March: Pick a country, pick an author! Normally we blend all our French literature together regardless of author's nationality. For the Francophonie festival we have pulled from our stacks to create a special selection organized by country. Come discover a new country, a new author, a new perspective!   And/or join us for Parlons Bouquins (see below) to discover new ones...

Bonjour Books DC News View this email in your browser Our Latest Favorites! 💘  Nos Derniers Coups de Coeur Sensuel, frénetique, passionnant!   ❤️CHIENNE ET LOUVE - Joffrine Donnadieu  Chienne et Louve is an enthralling novel by Joffrine Donnadieu. It is told in first person by 20 year old Romy, a young woman with a troubled past who comes to Paris to study acting. With no money to pay for basic living needs, let alone lessons at a prestigious academy she is determined to enroll in, she works as a stripper, and squats wherever she can find shelter. She eventually finds...

❤️Chienne et Louve An enthralling novel by Joffrine Donnadieu. It is told in first person by 20 year old Romy, a young woman with a troubled past who comes to Paris to study acting. With no money so to pay for basic living needs, let alone lessons at a prestigious academy she is determined to enroll in, she works as a stripper, and squats wherever she can find shelter. She eventually finds a job and accommodation as a caregiver to 89 year old Odette. In order to keep a roof over her head Romy moves heaven and earth keep Odette...

Black History Month, V-Day♥, and More Happenings @Bonjour Books DC View this email in your browser Black American Authors to celebrate during Black History Month -and Always!  See entire collection JE SAIS POURQUOI CHANTE L'OISEAU EN CAGE $11.97 View LA PARABOLE DES TALENTS $14.27 View L'AUTRE MOITIE DE SOI $12.77 View UNDERGROUND RAILROAD $12.04 View DISCOURS CHOISIS $3.73 View LA CHAMBRE DE GIOVANNI $11.96 View Share Tweet Forward ♥💘♥Valentine's Day Picks Stories of Love - sought, found, and lost....un peu de tout, something for every state of the heart. See entire collection POUR TOUJOURS $11.20 View ALICE $11.99 View LA PRINCESSE...

Changer: Méthode by Edouard LouisTotally blown away by this book! In it in Edouard Louis recounts his escape—both psychological and literal—from a violent childhood home and intolerant village where he was bullied throughout his childhood for being gay.Fueled by a desire to “take revenge on his past” he wills himself out of a violent, culture-less life into a completely new existence as part of the intellectual elite.He achieves this with the help of a few nurturing women in his life —almost entirely his high school classmate Elena to whom he devotes half the book.“Eddy” moves out of his house and...