Name: December Book and Dinner Club
Start: 2024-12-19T22:30:00.000Z
End: 2024-12-20T01:30:00.000Z
Location: Mandarin Court

EVENT TIME HAS CHANGED TO 6PM @ the Deptford Elks. I am a member there & have 3 sets. Come early to order food if you need a snack or dinner. They have a sandwich special & some normal bar food like menu. Cash is recommended but they do take credit cards if you are going to order over $10.00. I have 3 games so 12 can come. If you can bring a game I can increase the amount who can play. We will be at the back tables farthest from the bar.
We are sharing this night with another group. So there will be a few games going on. See you then.

South Jersey Mah Jongg

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Martha Stephenson

Mah Jongg Monday @ Deptford Elks 12/16/24

Deptford Elks Lodge

Pamela is hosting our December Book and Dinner Club as our annual Christmas party! It will be in a private room at Mandarin Court offering inspired Chinese & Japanese favorites, including sushi & dim sum. Please BYOB.

We will have a **Yankee Swap** gift exchange. . Please bring a **$25 wrapped gift** with a **tag stating who it is from**.

Kathy chose a Good Morning America Book Club Pick, ***The Personal Librarian,*** by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. This NPR Best Book of the Year is a remarkable novel about J. P. Morgan’s personal librarian, a Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity in order to leave a lasting legacy.

In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world.

But Belle has a secret, one she must protect at all costs. She is the daughter of the first Black graduate of Harvard who is also a well-known advocate for equality. Belle’s complexion isn’t dark because of Portuguese heritage—*her complexion is dark because she is African American!*

The Personal Librarian tells the story of an extraordinary woman, famous for her intellect, style, and wit, and shares the lengths she must go to—for the protection of her family and her legacy—to preserve her carefully crafted white identity in the racist world in which she lives.

NOTE: Please bring used books to share!

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December Book and Dinner Club

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