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Owl Book Group Selections 2012-2013
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The Madonnas of Echo Park : a novel
by Brando Skyhorse
In a novel that explores the lives of those who shed their ethnic identity in pursuit of the American dream, the author highlights a different character in each chapter, including Hector, a middle-aged day laborer who witnesses a murder; his ex-wife Felicia, who survives a drive-by shooting; and more.
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Reading my father : a memoir
by Alexandra Styron
The daughter of Sophie's Choice author William Styron discusses what it was like growing up in the same house as a moody literary giant, whose life spiraled out of control when he sank into a deep depression. By the author of All the Finest Girls.
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Going to bend : a novel
by Diane Coplin Hammond
In the small coastal town of Hubbard, Oregon, Petie Coolbaugh and Rose Bundy, two women in their early thirties who have been best friends since childhood, make a living preparing gallons of soup for the town's new upsale café, all the while coping with the stresses of daily life, family, lovers, spouses, and employers.
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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot
Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization and gene mapping.
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Crossing to safety
by Wallace Stegner
Two young couples, Sid and Charity and Larry and Sally, from different backgrounds--East and West, rich and poor--befriend each other in 1937 Madison, Wisconsin, in an evocative and insightful portrait of family and friendship.
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The cat's table
by Michael Ondaatje
Boarding a 1950s ship and sequestered to an out-of-sight dining table with other marginalized children, an eleven-year-old boy shares rollicking adventures while traveling to various world regions, learning about jazz, women, and a shackled prisoner along the way.
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The pale king : an unfinished novel
by David Foster Wallace
The character David Foster Wallace is introduced to the banal world of the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, and the host of strange people who work there, in a novel that was unfinished at the time of the author's death. By the author of Infinite Jest.
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The greater journey : Americans in Paris
by David G. McCullough
The best-selling author of 1776 tells the story of the generations of American artists, writer, and doctors who traveled to Paris--the intellectual, scientific, and artistic capital of the western world; fell in love with the city and its people; and changed America through what they learned there.
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The hundred secret senses
by Amy Tan
Chinese-American Olivia Laguni has a battle of wills with her half-sister and lifelong nemesis, Kwan Li, whose haunting predictions and implementation of the secret senses link their family's struggles to the challenges of their ancestors.
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