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Cafe Parlez Bookclub February 2020
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Selections for February and March
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The library of lost and found
by Phaedra Patrick
We will discuss this book on Thursday, February 27.
A shy librarian whose kind heart is often exploited receives a mysterious book of fairy tales from the beloved grandmother she believed dead and embarks on a perspective-changing journey of astonishing family secrets. 50,000 first printing.
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Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour bookstore
by Robin Sloan
We will discuss this book on Thursday, March 26.
After a layoff during the Great Recession sidelines his tech career, Clay Jannon takes a job at the titular bookstore in San Francisco, and soon realizes that the establishment is a facade for a strange secret. 75,000 first printing.
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If you liked "Library of the Lost and Found"...
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The library at the edge of the world : a novel
by Felicity Hayes-McCoy
A debut novel by the author of The House on an Irish Hillside traces the experiences of a librarian on the scenic west coast of Ireland who searches for a way to rebuild her community and her own life in the wake of local estrangements. Original. 35,000 first printing.
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The book charmer
by Karen Hawkins
A New York Times best-selling author offers a story about a sleepy Southern town, two fiercely independent women and a truly magical friendship. 10,000 first printing
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Small blessings
by Martha Woodroof
Resigning himself to a life of regrets with a heavily dependent wife whose neuroses were exacerbated by his infidelity, English professor Tom Putnam hopes for renewal through a new friendship, only to learn that his former mistress bore him a son a decade earlier. A first novel.
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