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Introduction - Book I: Chapter 8

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Berest, Anne. The Postcard: A Novel. Europa Editions, 2023. Kindle eBook.

• In the novel's introduction, Lélia was smoking her first cigarette of the morning when she checked the mail the morning of January 6, 2003.

• The postcard's writing was strange and awkward, containing one list of names: Ephraïm, Emma, Noémi, and Jacques, the names of her maternal grandparents, aunt, and uncle.

• The mailbox at Lélia's home was broken, so the mail was delivered straight to the ground.

• Lélia summoned the family to discuss the postcard, and nobody spoke for a while.

• The postcard was a photo of the Opera Garnier in Paris, and it was postmarked from the Louvre post office.

• The family put the postcard in a drawer and never discussed it again until the narrator, Anne...

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