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Here are some of the books we discussed in our last meeting:
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Sheltering rain
by Jojo Moyes
A family drama set in the Irish countryside focuses on three generations of women who are reunited after decades of separation and estrangement. A first novel.
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The secret orphan
by Glynis Peters
In 1940 Coventry, England, Elenor Cardew discovers a devastating secret about Rose, a young orphan in her care, and turns to the only person she can trust—a heroic Canadian pilot—for help in protecting this girl she has grown to love. Original. 100,000 first printing
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Washington Black
by Esi Edugyan
Unexpectedly chosen to be a family manservant, an 11-year-old Barbados sugar-plantation slave is initiated into a world of technology and dignity before a devastating betrayal propels him throughout the world in search of his true self.
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Home
by Toni Morrison
The Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Sula presents the story of embittered Korean War veteran Frank Money, who struggles against trauma and racism to rescue his medically abused sister and work through identity-shattering memories. 250,000 first printing.
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Sunburn : a novel
by Laura Lippman
A pair of travelers, one of whom may be playing a dangerous psychological game with the other, embark on a steamy summertime affair that is thrown into chaos by dark secrets and a suspicious death, in a story inspired by the classics of James M. Cain. By the New York Times best-selling author of And When She Was Good. 125,000 first printing.
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Water for elephants : a novel
by Sara Gruen
Ninety-something-year-old Jacob Jankowski remembers his time in the circus as a young man during the Great Depression, and his friendship with Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, and Rosie, the elephant, who gave them hope.
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Camino Island
by John Grisham
A young woman is recruited to recover priceless F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts that were stolen during a daring heist. By a #1 best-selling author.
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The stories we tell : a novel
by Patti Callahan Henry
The marriage of a culturally influential Savannah couple is challenged by differences about work, their rebellious teen daughter and a revealing car accident involving the wife's sister. By the best-selling author of Between the Tides. 50,000 first printing.
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The unexpected waltz
by Kim Wright
Recently widowed from a much older wealthy man with whom she spent her married life doing charity work, Kelly finds renewal through ballroom dancing at the sides of a young Russian dance teacher, a hospice worker and a childhood confidante. By the author of Love in Mid Air.
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The other Einstein : a novel
by Marie Benedict
A tale inspired by the extraordinary first wife of Albert Einstein follows the experiences of a solitary female physics student at an elite late-19th-century school in Zurich, where she falls in love with a charismatic fellow student who eclipses her contributions to his theory of relativity.
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The intelligence trap : why smart people make dumb mistakes
by David G Robson
Draws on cutting-edge understandings in expertise and intelligence to reveal how smart people are equally or more prone to making mistakes, citing lessons that can be learned from the setbacks of intellectuals ranging from Benjamin Franklin to Richard Feynman.
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The silver star : a novel
by Jeannette Walls
Abandoned by their artist mother at the age of 12, Bean and her older sister, Liz, are sent to live in the decaying antebellum mansion of their widowed uncle, where they learn the truth about their parents and take odd jobs to earn extra money before an increasingly withdrawn Liz has a life-shattering experience. 500,000 first printing.
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Under the wide and starry sky : a novel
by Nancy Horan
Imagines the unconventional love affair of Scottish literary giant Robert Louis Stevenson and American divorcee Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne, who after meeting in late-19th-century rural France take refuge from their respective unhappy lives and embark on two shared decades of international turbulence. By the author of Loving Frank.
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