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Wonderful Wednesday Book Discussion Books discussed on September 2, 2020 Hope to see you when we meet again - Wednesday, October 7, 2020. Zoom link and info is below.
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Titles Shared in September
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Still life
by Louise Penny
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of Canada's Sûreté du Quebec is called to the tiny hamlet of Three Pines to investigate the suspicious hunting "accident" that claimed the life of Jane Neal, a local fixture in the village
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American harvest : God, country, and farming in the heartland
by Marie Mutsuki Mockett
Inheriting her father’s 7,000 acre wheat farm in the panhandle of Nebraska, the author accompanies a group of evangelical Christian wheat harvesters through the heartland, peeling back layers of the American story, the politics of food and the culture of the Great Plains.
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The last flight : a novel
by Julie Clark
"Fans of Lisa Jewell and Liv Constantine will love The Last Flight, a novel focusing on two women who meet in an airport, both alone, both scared, and both urgently needing an escape from their lives. Claire Cook has a husband whose temper burns as bright as his promising political career, and she has worked for months on a plan to get out. A chance meeting in an airport bar brings her together with a stranger equally as desperate. Together they hatch a plan to switch tickets - Claire taking Eva's flightto Oakland, and Eva traveling to Puerto Rico as Claire. But then one plane crashes, and it's clear that one of them wasn't telling the truth"
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Lincoln on the verge : thirteen days to Washington
by Edward L. Widmer
Draws on new research to profile Abraham Lincoln during 13 pivotal days of his President-Elect period, during which he forged essential bonds with everyday people, foiled an assassination attempt and demonstrated early signs of legacy greatness. Illustrations. Maps.
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