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Book Discussion Titles 2018
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Evening Book Discussion Titles - Mondays at 6:30p.m.
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The color purple
by Alice Walker
The lives of two sisters--Nettie, a missionary in Africa, and Celie, a southern woman married to a man she hates--are revealed in a series of letters exchanged over thirty years.
Date: January 8th, 2018
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The hate u give
by Angie Thomas
Caught between her poor neighborhood and her fancy prep school, sixteen-year-old Starr Carter becomes the focus of intimidation and more after witnessing the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend, Khalil, by a police officer
Date: February 12th, 2018
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Behind the scenes at the museum
by Kate Atkinson
A family saga chronicles a century of life as four generations of Yorkshire women move through two World Wars, coronations, secrets, heartbreak, and happiness, all seen through the eyes of Ruby Lennox
Date: March 12th, 2018
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More than you know : a novel
by Beth Richardson Gutcheon
In a novel that explores marriage, divorce, and family ties, Hannah Gray shares her personal story of passion and loss, introducing the ghost who haunted her and the boy she once had loved. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.
Date: April 9th, 2018
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The girls : a novel
by Lori Lansens
One of the world's oldest living craniopagus conjoined twins at the approach of her thirtieth birthday, bookish Rose Darlen attempts to pen her autobiography while remembering the joys and challenges of her life with sister Ruby, with whom she shares friendships in their small hometown. By the author of Rush Home Road. Reprint.
Date: May 14th, 2018
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The book of Ruth
by Jane Hamilton
The black sheep of her troubled family, Ruth struggles to keep the peace between her mother, her young son, and her slightly off-the-wall husband and to put the pieces back together when a heated situation boils over
Date: June 11th, 2018
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Interpreter of maladies : stories
by Jhumpa Lahiri
A debut collection of short fiction blends elements of Indian traditions with the complexities of American culture in such tales as "A Temporary Matter," in which a young Indian-American couple confronts their grief over the loss of a child, while their Boston neighborhood copes with a nightly blackout. Original. 20,000 first printing.
Date: July 9th, 2018
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The coffee trader : a novel
by David Liss
In seventeenth-century Amsterdam, Miguel Lienzo, a Portuguese-Jewish trader who has lost everything in the sugar market and is desperate to recover his fortune, enters into a partnership with seductive Geertruid Damhouder to introduce coffee to the city and must confront betrayal, greed, and a ruthless adversary to succeed. Reader's Guide included. Reprint.
Date: September 10th, 2018
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In the memory of the forest : a novel
by Charles T. Powers
A murder forces Leszek, the narrator, and his small Polish village to confront troubling questions about the community, its tragic past, the Holocaust, retribution, forgiveness, and personal identity. A first novel. 12,500 first printing.
Date: October 15th, 2018
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The Moon and Sixpence
by W. Somerset Maugham
Charles Strickland is a staid banker, a man of wealth and privilege. He is also a man possessed of an unquenchable desire to create art. As Strickland pursues his artistic vision, he leaves London for Paris and Tahiti, and in his quest makes sacrifices that leave the lives of those closest to him in tatters.
Date: November 19th, 2018
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The alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
"A special 25th anniversary edition of Paulo Coehlo's extraordinary international bestselling phenomenon--the inspiring spiritual tale of self-discovery that has touched millions of lives around the world.Combing magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations. Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different--and far more satisfying--than he ever imagined. Santiago's journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, of recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, most importantly, to follow our dreams. "
Date: December 10th, 2018
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Daytime Book Discussion Titles - Thursdays at 10a.m.
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A man called Ove
by Fredrik Backman
A curmudgeon hides a terrible personal loss beneath a cranky and short-tempered exterior while clashing with new neighbors, a boisterous family whose chattiness and habits lead to unexpected friendship
Date: January 18th, 2018
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The hate u give
by Angie Thomas
After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died
Date: February 15th, 2018
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Winter Garden
by Kristin Hannah
Reunited when their beloved father falls ill, sisters Meredith and Nina find themselves under the shadow of their disapproving mother, whose painful history is hidden behind her rendition of a Russian fairy tale told to the sisters in childhood. 150,000 first printing.
Date: March 15th, 2018
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Descent : a novel
by Tim Johnston
When their daughter disappears while out for a morning run during a late-summer vacation in the Rocky Mountains, her parents embark on a harrowing journey down increasingly divergent and solitary paths where they must answer some difficult questions to find the truth. 35,000 first printing.
Date: April 19th, 2018
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Orhan's inheritance : a novel
by Aline Ohanesian
Inheriting the family kilim rug dynasty when his eccentric grandfather is found dead, Orhan struggles with will stipulations that leave the family estate to a stranger who holds secrets from the final years of the Ottoman Empire. A first novel
Date: May 17th, 2018
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Secret daughter
by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
Interweaves the stories of a baby girl in India, the American doctor who adopted her, and the Indian mother who gave her up in favor of a son, as two families become changed by the child that connects them
Date: June 21st, 2018
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Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail
by Cheryl Strayed
A personal account traces the personal crisis the author endured after the death of her mother and a painful divorce, which prompted her ambition to undertake a dangerous 1,100-mile solo hike, in a best-selling book that inspired the forthcoming film. Reprint. Movie tie-in.
Date: July 19th, 2018
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The girl from Venice
by Martin Cruz Smith
A new standalone novel by the award-winning author of Gorky Park follows a turbulent love affair between a fisherman and a Jewish woman on the run in occupied 1945 La Serenissima.
Date: August 16th, 2018
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The invention of wings
by Sue Monk Kidd
Traces more than three decades in the lives of a wealthy Charleston debutante who longs to break free from the strictures of her household and pursue a meaningful life; and the urban slave, Handful, who is placed in her charge as a child before finding courage and a sense of self. By the best-selling author of The Secret Life of Bees. Reprint.
Date: September 20th, 2018
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Year of wonders : a novel of the plague
by Geraldine Brooks
Young Anna Frith, a vicar's maid, is faced with the loss of her family, the disintegration of her local community, and a passionate, illicit love as she and her village confront the horrors of the plague, in a historical novel based on real-life events in seventeenth-century England. A first novel. Reprint.
Date: October 18th, 2018
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Falling leaves : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter
by Adeline Yen Mah
An international best-seller, a heart-wrenching but ultimately inspiring memoir recounts the author's painful childhood as the unwanted daughter of a wealthy yet abusive Chinese family, from which she escaped to the West. Reprint. $75,000 ad/promo. Tour.
Date: November 15th, 2018
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What is visible : a novel
by Kimberly Elkins
Describes the life and challenges of Laura Bridgman, a deaf and blind woman who learned language 50 years before Helen Keller did and those who helped her including the founder of the Perkins Institute, with whom she was in love, and her beloved teacher. 25,000 first printing.
December 13th, 2018
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