Jewish Community Association
An independent non-profit organization dedicated to the cultural, social, spiritual, religious and educational needs of the Jewish population in the Tri-Cities and Fraser Valley Areas of British Columbia, Canada. Offering educational, social and recreational programs for all ages.
Sun, Oct 08
|Burquest
Burquest Book Club - Author reading
Please join us and spread the invitation for our free event as we hear from author Marie Doduck about her book "A Childhood Unspoken" (a reading of the book is encouraged but not necessary)
Time & Location
Oct 08, 2023, 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Burquest, 2860 Dewdney Trunk Rd, Coquitlam, BC V3C 2H9, Canada
About the event
Marie Doduck
Mariette is only five years old when the Nazis invade her hometown of Brussels, Belgium, in 1940. Soon her family is torn apart, and Mariette and her siblings are scattered across the city and countryside, hiding with non-Jews and in convents and orphanages or working for the resistance. Seeing violence and death all around her, Mariette learns the skills she needs to survive — how to throw a knife, jump from a moving vehicle and, most importantly, stay silent. Mariette emerges from the war quick-thinking, fiercely independent and ready to start a new life in Canada. As she navigates a transition to a new identity as Marie — an industrious and resourceful community member, mother and advocate for children’s rights — Mariette, the silent child, begins to find her voice.