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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Below ant attached are the books for the remainder of 2022-2023 for our book club.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We did not plan this, but the December, January and February books are discussed by members not at last week’s selection meeting. At least these books have questions. Let me know if you wish to change your month.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">John<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">December 2022: Rachel <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fifty words for rain DB 100587<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lemmie, Asha. Reading time 13 hours, 15 minutes. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Read by Sarah Skaer. A production of National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Subjects: Historical Fiction<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Description: Kyoto, 1948. Eight-year-old Nori--the daughter of a married Japanese aristocrat and her African-American GI lover--is abandoned at her grandparents' estate. When she meets her older half-brother Akira, she finds in him an unexpected
ally, and must battle for her place in the world as she grows up. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There are questions<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">January 2023: Diana<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A man called Ove: a novel DB 84392<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Backman, Fredrik. Reading time 9 hours, 7 minutes. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Read by David Hartley-Margolin. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Subjects: Unified English Braille; General<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Description: Ove has always been a grumpy man, and when he loses his wife and his job, he decides to commit suicide. But a lively family of new neighbors and a stray cat might give Ove a reason to keep living. First published in Swedish
in 2012. 2013. Some strong language and some violence.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Diana found questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">February 2023: Leroy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Spy and the Traitor. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">By: Ben MacIntyre. Narrated by: Ben Macintyre. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2018<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">nonfiction<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">on a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the heart of Moscow, holding a plastic carrier bag. In his grey suit and tie, he looked like any other Soviet citizen. The bag alone was mildly
conspicuous, printed with the red logo of Safeway, the British supermarket.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">from deep within the Soviet intelligence machine. No spy had done more to damage the KGB. The Safeway bag was a signal: to activate his escape plan to be smuggled out of Soviet Russia. So began one of the boldest and most extraordinary
episodes in the history of spying. Ben Macintyre reveals a tale of espionage, betrayal and raw courage that changed the course of the Cold War forever..<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">discussion questions are available.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">March 2023: Patty<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Vanishing half<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> By: Brit Bennett<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> 2020<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> fiction<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, Southern black community and running away at age 16, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's
everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ten years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same Southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and
just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters' story lines intersect?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family, from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brit Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration
of the American history of passing. Looking well beyond issues of race, The Vanishing Half considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person's decisions, desires and expectations and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which
people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Need questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">April 2023: Nancy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The personal librarian DB103929<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Benedict, Marie; Murray, Victoria Christopher Reading time: 12 hours, 25 minutes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Robin Miles<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Historical Fiction<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In 1906, Belle da Costa Greene was hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society, but she is African American
passing as white. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Could not quickly find questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">May 2023: John<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Answer Creek DB100020<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sweeney, Ashley E Reading time: 11 hours, 54 minutes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jessica Wortham<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Historical Fiction<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1846. Ada loses her parents to the dangers of traveling west to California. She decides to continue on with the Donner party. But misfortune follows the group, and Ada faces hard choices about what she needs to do to survive. Violence and
strong language. 2020. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Can not find good book club questions<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">June 2023: sandy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4 Eyes to the wind: a memoir of love and death, hope and resistance DB106562<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Barkan, Ady Reading time: 9 hours, 46 minutes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bradley Whitford<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Biography<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Health and Medicine<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Social Sciences<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In this memoir, the author reflects on receiving a fatal diagnosis of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Ady explores his determination to make the most of his remaining time, live a life of purpose, and commit himself as an advocate
for social justice. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Could not quickly find questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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