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State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

September 23, 2011 | by Annie | Book Club Party Ideas

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

Dr. Marina Singh, a 42 year old research scientist for a large pharmaceutical firm, is dispatched to the Brazilian rainforest to recover the body of a colleague, Anders Eckman. Eckman had been sent to the Amazon to check on Dr. Annick Swenson, an eccentric and elusive doctor, developing a miraculous top-secret drug.

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The Snowman by Jo Nesbo

September 15, 2011 | by Lisa | Book Club Party Ideas

The Snowman by Jo Nesbo

On the night of the first snowfall, a mysterious snowman is seen on the front lawn staring at the house where the mother has been reported missing. Harry Hole will put everything on the line to hunt down this serial killer.

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Doc by Mary Doria Russell

August 26, 2011 | by Annie | Book Club Party Ideas

Doc by Mary Doria Russell

“Doc” by Mary Doria Russell is the story of twenty-six year old Georgia gentleman John Henry Holliday who arrives in Dodge City, Kansas in 1878 with his lady friend, Kate Harony. John Henry sets up a dental practice and earns some fast money gambling. But Doc Holliday is dying of consumption, the same disease that slowly killed his mother when he was fifteen.

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One Day by David Nicholls

August 18, 2011 | by Lisa | Book Club Party Ideas

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Dexter and Emma begin a friendship that spans decades after they spend a day together after graduation. When the day ends, they decide to keep in touch. We are given a peek at what their life has become on the same day of the year – July 15th.

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Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson

August 8, 2011 | by Lisa | Book Club Party Ideas

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Major Pettigrew’s last stand is about the charming relationship between a proper Englishman and an independent Pakistani shopkeeper.

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Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

August 5, 2011 | by Annie | Book Club Party Ideas

Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

Bethia Mayfield, a Puritan colonist, and Cheeshahteaumauk (later christened Caleb) of the Wampanoag tribe, meet as children and form a secret friendship. Caleb’s Crossing is inspired by the life of Caleb Cheeshahteaumauk, the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College in 1665.

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Angelology by Danielle Trussoni

July 28, 2011 | by Annie | Book Club Party Ideas

Angelology by Danelle Trussoni

Angelology by Danielle Trussoni is filled with biblical intrigue and gothic mystery, fallen angels and their offspring, good vs. evil, and a race against time to find an ancient, powerful object hidden away years ago by Abby Rockefeller.

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Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland

July 15, 2011 | by Annie | Book Club Party Ideas

Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland

In the late 1800′s many single women flocked to New York to find respectable work in the burgeoning industries. Clara Driscoll, one such woman, managed the all-women’s Glass Cutting Department at Tiffany Studios, where she and her staff were known as the Tiffany Girls.

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The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown

July 12, 2011 | by Lisa | Book Club Party Ideas

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The Weird Sisters is about three sisters who were each named after famous Shakespearean women by their fanatical dad. They reunite at their parent’s home after their mother is diagnosed with cancer.

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Faithful Place by Tana French

June 27, 2011 | by Lisa | Book Club Party Ideas

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Frank Mackey grew up in a tenement house and loved a girl named Rosie. Frank and Rosie were going to run away and start a new life in London, but on their scheduled night of departure, Rosie did not show up. Frank, heartbroken, left Faithful Place, supposedly for good, and became a detective in Dublin. Twenty two years later, he gets a call that the suitcase belonging to Rosie, who had never been seen again after that night, had been found in an abandoned house. Frank returns to Faithful Place and the family he felt did their best to ruin his life to solve the mystery of what happened to Rosie.

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