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Just the Facts Nonfiction Book Group 2020-2021 Schedule |
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One day : the extraordinary story of an ordinary 24 hours in America
by Gene Weingarten
We will discuss this book on Thursday, June 18, 2020.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning “Below the Beltway” columnist and author of I’m with Stupid explores a random day in U.S. history, offering a diorama of American life that illuminates what has and has not changed in the last three decades.
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A year in Provence
by Peter Mayle
We will discuss this book on Thursday, July 16, 2020.
The author describes his experiences when he and his wife moved to a two-hundred-year-old French farmhouse, and shares his observations on the people and culture of Provence
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The woman's hour : the great fight to win the vote
by Elaine F. Weiss
We will discuss this book on Thursday, September 17 at 6:30 PM.
An uplifting account of the 1920 ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted voting rights to women traces the culmination of seven decades of legal battles and cites the pivotal contributions of famous suffragists and political leaders.
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Say nothing : a true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland
by Patrick Radden Keefe
We will discuss this book on Thursday, October 15, 2020.
Documents the notorious abduction and murder of I.R.A. Troubles victim Jean McConville in 1972 Belfast, exploring how the case reflected the brutal conflicts of Northern Ireland and their ongoing repercussions.
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Audience of one : Donald Trump, television, and the fracturing of America
by James Poniewozik
We will discuss this book on Thursday, November 19, 2020.
The New York Times chief television critic documents the history of mass media from the early 1980s through today, revealing how Donald Trump merged with America’s most powerful medium to orchestrate his reinvention as a world leader.
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Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption
by Bryan Stevenson
We will discuss this book on Thursday, December 17, 2020.
The executive director of a social advocacy group that has helped relieve condemned prisoners explains why justice and mercy must go hand-in-hand through the story of Walter McMillian, a man condemned to death row for a murder he didn't commit.
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Evicted : poverty and profit in the American city
by Matthew Desmond
We will discuss this book on Thursday, February 18, 2021.
A Harvard sociologist examines the under-represented challenge of eviction as a formidable cause of poverty in America, revealing how millions of people are wrongly forced from their homes and reduced to cycles of extreme disadvantage that are reinforced by dysfunctional legal systems.
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How to be an antiracist
by Ibram X Kendi
We will discuss this book on Thursday, April 15, 2021.
A best-selling author, National Book Award-winner and professor combines ethics, history, law and science with a personal narrative to describe how to move beyond the awareness of racism and contribute to making society just and equitable.
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Hunger : a memoir of (my) body
by Roxane Gay
We will discuss this book on Thursday, May 20, 2021.
The popular Tumblr blogger and best-selling author of Bad Feminist explores the devastating act of violence that triggered her personal challenges with food and body image, sharing advice for caring for oneself and eating in healthful and satisfying ways.
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