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A Fiction Sampler for Book Clubs
2014
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Anyone who is part of a book club is very familiar with this constant question: What should we read next? Whether your club wants to travel back in time to exotic locations or prefers to wrestle with big issues in a contemporary setting, this sampler of eleven extraordinary novels has something for every book club: The Gilded Life of Matilda Duplaine by Alex Brunkhorst, Pretty Baby and The Good Girl by Mary Kubica, Come Away With Me by Karma Brown, The Wonder of All Things and The Returned by Jason Mott, Little Mercies by Heather Gudenkauf, Madame Picasso by Anne Girard, The Last Breath by Kimberly Belle, Teatime for the Firefly by Shona Patel and The Mourning Hours by Paula Treick DeBoard. Each excerpt is accompanied by a letter from the novel's editor explaining why the book is a perfect book club pick. There is also bonus material to enrich your discussions, including reading guides and author conversations. So, read on, enjoy, find the perfect book and be the star of your book club.

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Author

Mary Kubica
Mary Kubica
Author · 14 books
Mary Kubica is a New York Times bestselling author of suspense thrillers including The Good Girl, The Other Mrs., and Local Woman Missing. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages and have sold over two million copies worldwide. She’s been described as “a helluva storyteller” (Kirkus) and “a writer of vice-like control” (Chicago Tribune), and her novels have been praised as “hypnotic” (People) and “thrilling and illuminating” (L.A. Times). She lives outside of Chicago with her husband and children.
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