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Friends of the Friendswood Public Library Book ClubAugust 2016 - July 2017
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The Turner house
by Angela Flournoy
Learning after a half-century of family life that their house on Detroit's East Side is worth only a fraction of its mortgage, the members of the Turner family gather to reckon with their pasts and decide the house's fate
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Stasiland : stories from behind the Berlin Wall
by Anna Funder
Recounting survivors' stories of life behind the Iron Curtain – and under the iron fist of the Stasi, East Germany's brutal state security force, this deeply moving account of the resistance against East Germany's communist dictatorship presents an extraordinary window of insight into life behind the Wall. Original. 25,000 first printing.
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Our man in Havana
by Graham Greene
Follows the plight of Wormold, a former vacuum cleaner salesman, who becomes a slave to the expensive whims of his thirteen-year-old daughter, Milly, and takes on a job for MI6 as Secret Agent 5920015 to pay for them.
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A man called Ove
by Fredrik Backman
A curmudgeon hides a terrible personal loss beneath a cranky and short-tempered exterior while clashing with new neighbors, a boisterous family whose chattiness and habits lead to unexpected friendship
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The road to character
by David Brooks
The New York Times columnist and best-selling author of The Social Animal evaluates America's transition to a culture that values self-promotion over humility, explaining the importance of an engaged inner life in personal fulfillment. Reprint. A #1 New York Times best-seller.
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The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
by Edward Kelsey Moore
Forging a friendship at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, Odette, Clarice and Barbara Jean meet regularly at the first diner owned by black proprietors in their Indiana city and are watched throughout the years by a big-hearted man who observes their struggles with school, marriage, parenthood and beyond. (historical fiction).
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