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Here are some of the books we discussed in our last meeting:
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Feared
by Lisa Scottoline
When nemesis Nick Machiavelli targets her family with frivolous legal claims and slander that escalate to an unthinkable tragedy, Mary DiNunzio discovers her own unsettling capacity for dark retaliation. By the New York Times best-selling author of Corrupted
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In his father's footsteps : a novel
by Danielle Steel
Two courageous World War II concentration-camp survivors build a life together before their son resolves to be his own person as a first-generation American. By the best-selling author of The Right Time
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Etta and Otto and Russell and James : a novel
by Emma Hooper
Embarking on a more than 3,000-kilometer walking journey from rural Canada to the East coast so that she can see the ocean for the first time in her life, an octogenarian woman has experiences that blur her perspectives between illusion, memory and reality. A first novel. 75,000 first printing.
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The bookshop of yesterdays
by Amy Meyerson
When Miranda Brooks receives the unexpected news that her uncle Billy has died and left her his bookstore, she discovers he's left her a business teetering on bankruptcy and a final scavenger hunt
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The age of Edison : electric light and the invention of modern America
by Ernest Freeberg
A history of the culture of invention as epitomized by Thomas Edison demonstrates how America's lead in the electric light revolution of the late-19th century transformed the country, explaining how electric light served as a catalyst for a profound shift from rural to urban-dominated culture and prompted the migration of millions of workers to urban centers while shifting priorities to science, technology and patent law.
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Vox
by Christina Dalcher
Marginalized in a near-future America where the government limits women to no more than 100 spoken words daily before outlawing women's education and employment altogether, a former doctor resolves to be heard for the sake of her daughter.
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In pursuit of memory : the fight against Alzheimer's
by Joseph Jebelli
In a very human history of Alzheimer’s disease that doubles as a scientific detective story, a neuroscientist takes readers on a journey around the world where we meet hero scientists who are working against the clock to find a cure. 35,000 first printing.
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Pieces of her
by Karin Slaughter
The daughter of a woman who has wanted nothing more than a quiet life in her small beachside home embarks on a desperate search for answers when she discovers the explosive truth about her mother's true identity. 250,000 first printing.
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