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Harrison Book Club News June 2023
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The hunchback of Notre Dame
by Victor Hugo
"Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame was written in 1831, at a time when the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was falling into disrepair. This epic novel helped spark a preservationist movement that led to the cathedral being restored to its full glory. Set in 1482, the story tells of how four men-the hunchbacked bell-ringer, Quasimodo; the archdeacon of Notre Dame, Claude Frollo; the dashing soldier Phoebus de Chateaupers; and the poet Pierre Gringoire-vie for the love of Esmeralda, a young Romani woman. As the story unfolds, readers come to realize that the focus of the story is not only on the human characters but on the grand cathedral itself."
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The nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
Reunited when the elder's husband is sent to fight in World War II, French sisters Vianne and Isabelle find their bond as well as their respective beliefs tested by a world that changes in horrific ways.
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The Five-star Weekend
by Elin Hilderbrand
Inviting her best friend from each phase of her life, widow Hollis Shaw hosts an unforgettable weekend on Nantucket, during which things don't go as planned as each woman deals with heartbreak, infidelity, scandal and secrets, but things turnaround due to new friendships, unexpected romance and self-discovery.
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The Cafe at Beach End : A Summer Beach Read
by RaeAnne Thayne
One of the most hated women in the country, Meredith Collins Rowland, whose late husband was convicted of embezzlement and fraud, escapes Cape Sanctuary to help run her late grandmother's Last Hope Café and meets and falls in love with a man who is not what he seems.
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Private Moscow
by James Patterson
The founder of Private, the world's biggest and best detective agency, Jack Morgan investigates the murder of his former U.S. Marine comrade, which appears to be linked to another murder in Moscow, and arriving in Russia, begins to uncover a conspiracy that could have global consequences.
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Palazzo : a novel
by Danielle Steel
"The head of her family's haute couture Italian leather brand, Cosima Saverio, partnering with France's most successful handbag company, must make an impossible choice when her brother loses a hefty sum at the casino and his debt must be repaid with money or his life"
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The long way back : a novel
by Nicole Baart
When her daughter goes missing right before her high school graduation, social media star Charlie, suspected of foul play by their fans, the police and the FBI, realizes the rosy façade they portrayed online hid a dangerous reality as she searches for the daughter she thought she knew.
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Honey Drop Dead
by Laura Childs
Tea shop owner Theodosia investigates after a phony beekeeper shows up at a community event and sprays toxic smoke at park goers, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Lemon Curd Killer.
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The best summer of our lives
by Rachel Hauck
Twenty years after the fateful summer of'77, which was supposed to be the best of her life, Summer Wilde, when her latest girl band kicks her out, returns to the place where everything changed and must confront her past and the friends she lost to finally move forward.
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