Author of Crossing the Bamboo Bridge to speak at the Weaver Library
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Mai Donohue, author of Crossing the Bamboo Bridge, will speak at the Weaver Library on Monday, April 9, 2018 at 7pm in the Champlin Program Room of the library.
Mai Donohue grew up in a country at war. Her small village, Thong An Ninh village in the Quang Ngai Province in the central region of Vietnam, was torn between north and south. From age 7, too small and frail to work in the fields, Mai cared for her nieces and nephews, winning their hearts with stories and delicious meals.
Mai left Vietnam in 1970 to move to the United States with her husband Brian. Mother of seven children, Mai received her Bachelor???s Degree, cum laude, from the University of Rhode Island in 2002 after twelve years of study.
Some sixty years later, Mai still wins people???s heart with her inspirational stories and delicious cuisine. She cooks for community dinners to raise funds for orphanages and infrastructure for under-served children in Vietnam and schools in need in the U.S.
In her first book Crossing the Bamboo Bridge – Memoirs of a Bad Luck Girl, Mai tells her inspirational life-story of poverty, rebellion, and war.
Weaver Library is located at 41 Grove Avenue, East Providence, RI 02914.
Questions? Call 401-434-2453.
This program is free and open to all.