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Mah Jongg Mondays
Mah Jongg Mondays | Fern Bernstein
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Join Fern and a colorful cast of characters in her debut memoir titled Mah Jongg Mondays. Fern, married and a mother of three sons takes us into her modern middle-class suburban Long Island world where one day she gets the "Big Idea" to learn the Chinese tile game called mah jongg. Weekly games provide the setting for deep-seeded relationships to form around the mah jongg table. These Monday gatherings become a source of support and strength for Fern as her husband is diagnosed with cancer. Fear, insecurity and potential heart-wrenching loss become challenges she must overcome. The author weaves the themes of destiny, faith, friendship, time and love throughout the story. Fern takes us on her journey around the mah jongg table, eastward to the seaport town of Greenport and through her husband's battle with cancer as she relies on faith, friendship and her personal relationship with God. Read this heartwarming story about the wonderful things that can happen when five women are destined to come together to play an old Chinese game, sitting around a table with 152 tiles, dice and a mah jongg card. Love always; love all ways, for time has no guarantee.
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I liked this book. I am a mah jongg player so the title intrigued me. I picked it up to read this past weekend because I thought it would be light reading during this crazy social distancing time we find ourselves in. Boy was I wrong. The sub-title of this book is “A Memoir About Friendship, Love, and Faith”. This perfectly describes the story the author tells. Her story really resonated with me and I think I could learn a few lessons from her.