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Come with Me by Helen Schulman

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Come with Me by Helen Schulman Loved A Beautiful Life and this has the same internet/technology gone askew feel. Also the fragility of a family and a marriage in these fast moving times is a paramount theme. Love reading about Annie and Dan's navigation of a major betrayal, but…
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Leading Men by Christopher Castellani

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Leading Men by Christopher Castellani This book was ground breaking for me in many ways. The structure was brilliant, but more than that was the rendering of the relationships - so difficult to define with societal lexicon - which suffered because there was no acceptable construct.…
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The Late Bloomers’ Club by Louise Miller

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The Late Bloomers' Club by Louise Miller A delightful novel about two headstrong sisters, a small-town's efforts to do right by their community, and the power of a lost dog to conjure up true love Nora, the owner of the Miss Guthrie diner, is perfectly happy serving up apple…
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Book Club: It’s Okay if You Don’t Discuss the Book

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The following article was originally published on NovelNetwork.com. I can’t tell you how many times I have heard the disparaging comment that book clubs drink more wine than talk about that book. I’ve visited many book clubs since the release of EDEN, and people who think…
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Competitive Parenting: No One Wins

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The following article was originally published on GrownandFlown.com. It's not like a gymnastics competition where the judges hold up scores at the end of a floor routine. It's not like you can "stick the landing" either. It’s not like the announcement comes over the PA system:…
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Skiing With My Mother’s Mittens

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My mother’s mittens are soft and worn, of black leather and insulated with red nylon and down fill. I wore these fifty-year-old mittens every day this past March and wondered what she would have thought of my extravagances: an EPIC pass in my pocket and accommodations just a short…
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Daughter of a Promise

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The Nine

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Eden: A Novel

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