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Here are some of the books we discussed in our last meeting:
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Lost roses : a novel
by Martha Hall Kelly
Based on true events, a tale set a generation before Lilac Girls traces the stories of three women, including Caroline Ferriday's mother, a Romanov cousin and a fortune-teller's daughter, against a backdrop of the Russian revolution and World War I
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Someone knows
by Lisa Scottoline
Haunted by her role in a covered-up prank gone wrong decades earlier, Allie returns to her childhood home and resolves to uncover the truth, before making a shattering discovery. By the Edgar Award-winning author of After Anna
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The First Lady
by James Patterson
When the First Lady disappears after her husband’s affair goes public, top secret agent Sally Grissom is charged with finding her and is faced with a twisted case after the White House receives a ransom note along with the First Lady’s finger. Hardcover library edition.
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Nanaville : adventures in grandparenting
by Anna Quindlen
The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and best-selling author of Object Lessons and the memoir, Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, presents a heartwarming ode to grandparenthood that celebrates her transitioning family roles and her bonds with her grandchildren
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Pnin
by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
Depicts the struggles of Timofey Pnin, a professor of Russian, who attempts to adapt himself to life at an institution
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The great alone
by Kristin Hannah
When her volatile, former POW father impulsively moves the family to mid-1970s Alaska to live off the land, young Leni and her mother are forced to confront the dangers of their lack of preparedness in the wake of a dangerous winter season. By the best-selling author of The Nightingale.
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Between you and me : a novel
by Susan Wiggs
A lonely Philadelphia surgeon treats an injured Amish child and becomes attracted to the boy's uncle, a situation that forces her to consider if such a relationship is possible. By the best-selling author of Family Tree. 250,000 first printing
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The story keeper
by Lisa Wingate
New York editor Jen Gibbs discovers a mysterious manuscript that relates the story of a mixed-race girl in turn-of-the-century Appalachia, but her search for the story's unknown author leads her back to her home in the Blue Ridge Mountains
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Wolf pack
by C. J Box
A wealthy poacher he has been ordered to ignore and the murderous acts of a local cartel complicate both the professional and personal lives of a newly reinstated Joe Pickett. By the Edgar Award-winning author of The Disappeared
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The women in the castle
by Jessica Shattuck
In a novel set at the end of World War II, in a crumbling Bavarian castle that once played host to all of German high society, three widows' lives and fates become intertwined. By the author of The Hazards of Good Breeding. 150,000 first printing.
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Relic
by Douglas J. Preston
Investigating a series of savage murders that disrupt a massive new exhibition at the New York Museum of Natural History, graduate student Margo Green finds a clue in a failed Amazonian expedition. 75,000 first printing. $75,000 ad/promo.
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The Colorado kid
by Stephen King
A rookie newspaperwoman learns the true meaning of mystery when she investigates a twenty-five-year-old unsolved and very strange case involving a dead man found on an island off the coast of Maine. Original.
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The reckoning
by John Grisham
The best-selling author of The Firm returns to Clanton, Mississippi, to trace the unthinkable mid-20th-century murder of a local reverend by a young war hero who refuses to defend his actions during a bizarre trial
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The singles game
by Lauren Weisberger
Hiring a legendary new coach after a devastating Wimbledon loss and injury, a young tennis star endures a campaign to transform her good-girl image into that of a ruthless competitor only to be confronted by the high price of her success during the Grand Slam tournaments. By the best-selling author of The Devil Wears Prada.
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