Program to Offer Glimpse of Life in 1930s France

July 24, 2008—Would-be time travelers age 55 and better are invited to relive the innocence and peril of pre-occupation France in "On the Brink: Letters from France, 1938–1939," an Adventures in Living Well program sponsored by Quarry Hill Retirement Community and cosponsored by the Camden Public Library, on Wednesday, Aug. 20, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Camden Public Library. Reservations for the event made by calling Quarry Hill at 230-6114. Admission is free.

Presenter Ann Morris's retrospective will center on the experiences and observations of her aunt, Martha Nicklas, who lived, worked, and came of age in France in the year leading up to the country's invasion by the Nazis. Morris, an author and historian, blended Martha's letters to relatives in the United States with newspaper accounts of the time in the recently completed Don't Worry, Mother: Letters from France by Martha Nicklas with History from The New York Times by Ann Morris. Light refreshments will be served.

Morris's presentation concludes Quarry Hill's summer Adventures in Living Well series. The fall lineup includes "Dotting Your I's: Exploring the Art and Science of Handwriting Analysis," with master handwriting analyst Henrietta Pearl, on Thursday, Sept. 18, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, at Quarry Hill; "Ernest Hemingway Alive!" featuring professional actor Richard Clark, on Tuesday, Oct. 14, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Camden Public Library (cosponsored by the library); "Outsmarting Arthritis," on Wednesday, Nov. 19, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Penobscot Bay YMCA (cosponsored by the Y); and "Mandala," presented by Clarity, the artist/writer team of Su.Sane and Robert Hake, on Friday, December 12, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Camden Public Library. Reservations for any or all of these programs may be made by calling Quarry Hill at 230-6114.