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Harrison Book Club News October 2022
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Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus : the 1818 text
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The most celebrated horror story ever written. The dreadful tale of Victor Frankenstein, a visionary young student of natural philosophy, who discovers the secret of life. In the grip of his obsession he constructs and animates a creature from dead body parts - with catastrophic results.
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The dictionary of lost words : a novel
by Pip Williams
The Dictionary of Lost Words tells the story of the Oxford English Dictionary's compilation through the fictional Esme, daughter of one of the men working on it, and her interactions with characters based on the real men and women behind the book.
Based on the true story of the compilation of Oxford University Press's New English Dictionary (now the Oxford English Dictionary) by a team of lexicographers led by Sir James Murray, and helped by all of his 11 children.
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The Passenger
by Cormac McCarthy
In 1980 Pass Christian, Mississippi, salvage diver Bobby Western, after a plane crash, discovers that the pilots flight bag, the planes black box and the 10th passenger are missing, submerging him in a conspiracy beyond his understanding as he is shadowed in body and spirit by the past and present.
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Hester : a novel
by Laurie Lico Albanese
Arriving in Salem from Scotland in the early 1800s, Isobel, left penniless and alone by her husband in a strange country, is instantly drawn to Nathaniel Hawthorne, and as they grow closer and closer, they are a muse and a dark storyteller, the enchanter and the enchanted.
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The boys from Biloxi : a novel
by John Grisham
Keith Rudy and Hugh Malco grew up in Biloxi in the 60’s and were childhood friends. But as teenagers, their lives took them in different directions. Keith’s father became a legendary prosecutor. Hugh’s father became the Boss of Biloxi’s criminal underground. The two families were headed for a showdown, one that would happen in a courtroom. Life itself hangs in the balance in The Boys from Biloxi, a sweeping saga rich with history and with a large cast of unforgettable characters.
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Marmee
by Sarah Miller
In 1861, Margaret March, with her husband serving as an army chaplain, finds the comfort and security of her four daughters resting on her shoulders alone as she faces financial hardships, secrets and tragedy, in this revealing retelling of Little Women from the perspective of the beloved matriarch known as Marmee.
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No Strangers Here
by Carlene O'Connor
Set in Ireland's striking, rugged countryside, this dark, atmospheric new crime fiction series follows an Irish veterinarian grappling with life, death, family dynamics and the secrets at the heart of her small community. When the body of 69 year old Jimmy O’Reilly is found propped on a boulder, staring sightlessly out to sea, a cryptic message is spelled out next to the body. 69 polished black stones and a discarded vial of deadly veterinarian medication lies nearby. Jimmy was a wealthy racehorse owner, known as The Dancing Man. In a town like Dingle, everyone knows a little something about everyone else. But dig a bit deeper, and there’s always much more to find.
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Funeral Train : A Dust Bowl Mystery
by Laurie Loewenstein
Already suffering the privations of the 1930s Dust Bowl, an Oklahoma town is further devastated when a passenger train derails-flooding its hospital with the dead and maimed. Among the seriously wounded is Etha, wife of Sheriff Temple Jennings. Overwhelmed by worry for her, the sheriff must regain his footing to investigate the derailment, which rapidly develops into a case of sabotage. The following night, a local recluse is murdered. Temple has a hunch that this death is connected to the train wreck. But as he dissects the victim's life with help from the recuperating and resourceful Etha, he discovers a tangle of records that make a number of townsfolk suspects in the murder. Temple's investigations take place against the backdrop of the Great Depression-where bootlegging, petty extortion, courage, and bravado play out in equal measure. Sequel to Death of a rainmaker.
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Demon Copperhead : a novel
by Barbara Kingsolver
The son of an Appalachian teenager uses his good looks, wit and instincts to survive foster care, child labor, addiction, disastrous loves and crushing losses, in this re-telling of Dickens' David Copperfield.
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Mad honey : a novel
by Jodi Picoult
Her life upended when her husband revealed a darker side, Olivia MacAfee and her teenage son Asher move back to her New Hampshire hometown for a new beginning until Asher is implicated in the death of his girlfriend and she realizes hes hidden more than hes shared with her.
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