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Owl Book Group Selections 2001-2002
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The color of water : a Black man's tribute to his white mother
by James McBride
A young African-American man describes growing up in an all-black Brooklyn housing project, one of twelve children of a white mother and black father, and discusses his mother's contributions to his life and coming to terms with his confusion over his own identity.
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Women of the silk
by Gail Tsukiyama
Sent by her family to work in a silk factory just prior to World War II, young Pei grows to womanhood, working fifteen-hour days and sending her pay to the family who abandoned her.
Note: The group also read The Language of Threads by the same author.
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The blind assassin
by Margaret Atwood
In the aftermath of the second World War and her sister's suicide, Iris witnesses an unlikely series of events that are interwoven with the sci-fi tale of a pair of anonymous lovers and the death of Iris' industrialist husband.
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Buddha
by Karen Armstrong
The author of The Battle for God and other works on religion focuses her attention on the Buddha, retracing his life from prince to savior of humankind, in a philosophical portrait that offers an illuminating look at how his life and path to spiritual enlightenment spawned one of the great religions of the world.
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Dubliners
by James Joyce
Fifteen stories evoke the character, atmosphere, and people of Dublin at the turn of the twentieth century.
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First mothers : the women who shaped the presidents
by Bonnie Angelo
Explores the lives of the mothers of U.S. presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Bill Clinton, describing how these remarkable women inspired and molded their sons to become world leaders.
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The glass menagerie
by Tennessee Williams
A classic of modern drama about three confused family members living in their own world of illusions
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We were the Mulvaneys
by Joyce Carol Oates
The Mulvaneys, at first a close and very lucky family, drift apart over the years, until the youngest son, Judd, discovers the secret of their downfall and sets out to help reunite the family.
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East of the Mountains
by David Guterson
In a novel of personal discovery set against the backdrop of the Columbia Basin of central Washington, retired heart surgeon Ben Givens, suffering from terminal colon cancer, embarks on one final hunting odyssey through the American West. By the author of Snow Falling on Cedars.
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