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In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending
This discussion will open on Sept 12 and will stay open for at least 6 weeks.
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A beautiful and provocative love story between two unlikely people and the hard-won relationship that elevates them above the Midwestern meth lab backdrop of their lives.
This discussion will open on Oct 3 and will stay open for at least 6 weeks.
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Set against the construction of the Eiffel Tower, this novel charts the relationship between a young Scottish widow and a French engineer who, despite constraints of class and wealth, fall in love.
This discussion will open on Oct 24 and will stay open for at least 6 weeks.
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One woman becomes trapped in the tangled bonds of friendship in an exhilarating debut novel of psychological suspense for fans of Fiona Barton, Clare Mackintosh, and Ruth Ware.
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Straddling the fence between humor and, well…not humor, Davies' literary memoir is about what it's like to be a woman trying to carve a place for herself in the world, no matter how unyielding the rock can be.
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Never Coming Back is a brilliant and piercing story of a young woman finding her way in life, determined to know her mother—and by extension herself—before it's too late.
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