Wednesday Novel Readers 2019

BOOK SUGGESTIONS FROM THE 2019 EVA PERRY LIBRARY WEDNESDAY MORNING NOVEL READERS BOOK GROUP

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Book cover for "Behind the scenes at the museum"
Star rating for Behind the scenes at the museum
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
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RECOMMENDED BY ROBERTA (I THINK)
Description:
A family saga chronicles a century of life as four generations of Yorkshire women move through two World Wars, coronations, secrets, heartbreak, and happiness, all seen through the eyes of Ruby Lennox
Book cover for "The husband's secret"
Star rating for The husband's secret
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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RECOMMENDED BY ROBBIE
Description:
Discovering a tattered letter that says she is to open it only in the event of her husband's death, Cecelia is unable to resist reading the letter and discovers a secret that shatters her life and the lives of two other women. Imagine that your husband wrote you a letter, to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his deepest, darkest secret, something with the potential to destroy not just the life you built together, but...
Book cover for "Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe"
Star rating for Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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SUGGESTED BY ROBBIE
Book cover for "The prince of tides"
Star rating for The prince of tides
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Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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SUGGESTED BY SHEILA
Description:
Interweaves the events of Tom Wingo's summer in New York and his relationship to Susan Lowenstein, his sister Savannah's beautiful psychiatrist, and the complex history of the South Carolinian Wingo family, from World War II through Vietnam.
Book cover for "The sound and the fury"
Star rating for The sound and the fury
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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SUGGESTED BY DOLORES
Description:
Retells the tragic times of the Compson family, including beautiful, rebellious Caddy; manchild Benjy; haunted, neurotic Quentin; Jason, the brutal cynic; and Dilsey, their Black servant.
Book cover for "To kill a mockingbird"
Star rating for To kill a mockingbird
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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SUGGESTED BY SHEILA
Description:
"Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee exploreswith rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man's struggle for justice--but the weight of history will only tolerate so much."--Provided by publisher.
Book cover for "A woman is no man"
Star rating for A woman is no man
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Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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SUGGESTED BY SHEILA
Description:
Three generations of Palestinian-American women in contemporary Brooklyn are torn by individual desire, educational ambitions, a devastating tragedy, and the strict mores of traditional Arab culture.