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Survey Expired: May 3, 2004 Total Voters: 369 |
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Which of the following books would you be interested in reading with your group based upon the description noted (Select as many as apply.): |
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Was Mary Magdalene a prostitute, a female divinity figure, a church leader, or all of those? .Bestselling novelist Margaret George brilliantly reimagines the story of the most mysterious woman in the Bible. -- Mary, Called Magdaleneby Margaret George |
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"What an unlikely marvelous mix of womanhood," cries one of eight feisty women --- friends who have gathered every Thursday for years for a well-deserved break. Until one day, when a crisis sparks a spontaneous pilgrimage that's an exercise in solidarity. -- The Elegant Gathering of White Snowsby Kris Radish |
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The women of Freesia Court have come together at life's table, fully convinced that there is nothing good coffee, delectable desserts and a strong shoulder can't fix. Laughter is the glue that holds them together --- the foundation of a book group they call AWEB --- Angry Wives Eating Bon Bons, an unofficial "club" that becomes much more. It becomes a lifeline.Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik |
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Through haunting prose, Robert Alexander retells the story of the imprisonment and execution of the Romanovs through the eyes of a young family servant who claims to have been the last one to see them alive. -- The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander |
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An intimate portrait of three women from very different walks of life whose paths collide during a brutal Texas summer. -- Sleep Toward Heaven by Amanda Eyre Ward |
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Mary Beth and her younger sister Leeann are trying to support themselves in their small Southern hometown. Mary Beth works to make ends meet by practicing her own unique talent --- "song reading," in which she uses the song lyrics stuck in people's minds to help them make sense of their lives. But Mary Beth eventually uncovers a devastating secret about one woman that affects the entire town --- and nearly destroys Mary Beth and Leeann.The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker |
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On the night of December 3, 1984, Anjali waits for her army officer husband to pick her up at the train station in Bhopal, India. Her anger at his being late turns to horror when a catastrophic gas leak poisons the city air. Anjali miraculously survives. Her marriage does not. She remarries, but when her first husband suddenly reappears in her life, she is thrown back to the troubling days of their marriage with a force that impacts everyone around her. A Breath of Fresh Airby Amulya Malladi |
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When Rose Lloyd is forced to rethink her life after her 25-year marriage falls apart, she finds out what prolonged reflection, a little weight loss, a new slant on independence and some Parision lingerie will do for the psyche -- and that starting over doesn't have an age limit. -- Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman by Elizabeth Buchan |
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With keen insight into human nature, daily life, and the struggles of both family and community, Allegra Goodman tells the story of three Jewish Orthodox families that summer in the beautiful upstate New York town of Kaaterskill in 1976. A National Book Award Nominee.. --Kaaterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman |
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A violin prodigy disappears on the eve of his debut performance, only to be discovered and confronted forty years later by the childhood friend he had left behind. The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht |
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Erik Larson takes his readers on a fascinating tour of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair --- its excruciating planning, building and ultimate creation --- but he also tells the chilling story of Henry Holmes, a man who preyed upon unsuspecting visitors to the Fair and committed a number of unspeakable acts against them.The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson |
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An imaginative tale of a society in which the alphabet is impacted by superstitious dictates leaving its residents to cope with an increasingly diminished language.Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn |
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Risky, fiercely erotic and deeply touching, Davitt Sigerson's first novel is a revealing excursion into the shadowy territory where love and lust merge and the line between devotion and compulsion disappears -- Faithful by Davitt Sigerson |
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The story of Martin Sloane, an Irish-born artist, and Jolene Iolas, the young American woman who finds herself drawn first to his art and then to the man himself. --Martin Sloane by Michael Redhill |
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None of these books are of interest to me and my group. |
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Are you interested in entering your group to win 12 copies of one of the above books? (The title will be selected by ReadingGroupGuides.com) |
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Yes - [View Answers] |
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No |
9.3% - (200 Votes)