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What the library can do for you:- Get print copies of your book for the group (depending on availability)
- Recommend titles for your next discussion--ask us!
- Provide packets with reviews, discussion questions, and author interviews to help leaders
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Afterlife : A Novel
by Julia Alvarez
Reeling from her beloved husband’s sudden death in the wake of her retirement, an immigrant writer is further derailed by the reappearance of her unstable sister and an entreaty for help by a pregnant undocumented teen. The novel asks: What do we owe those in crisis in our families, including, maybe especially, members of our human family? How do we live in a broken world without losing faith in one another or ourselves? How do we provide an afterlife for those glorious souls we have lost to stay true to everything they represent?
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Girl, woman, other
by Bernardine Evaristo
A magnificent portrayal of the intersections of identity and a moving and hopeful story of an interconnected group of Black British women that paints a vivid portrait of the state of contemporary Britain and looks back to the legacy of Britain's colonial history in Africa and the Caribbean. Sparklingly witty and filled with emotion, this social novel reminds us of all that connects us to our neighbors, even in times when we are encouraged to be split apart.
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The keeper of lost things : a novel
by Ruth Hogan
Collecting things dropped or left behind by others and writing stories about them as a tribute to the fiancée who died the day he lost one of her keepsakes, a man bequeaths his estate to his unsuspecting assistant, who bonds with new neighbors while attempting to reunite the objects with their owners.
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The mountains sing : a novel
by Phan Quế Mai Nguyễn
With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee's Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner's In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War. The novel brings to life the human costs of this conflict from the point of view of the Vietnamese people themselves, while showing us the true power of kindness and hope.
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