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Name : JoAnn L.
Gender : Female
Occupation : Nurse/Teacher

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Book Club Recommended
Informative, Insightful, Dramatic
5 Days at Memorial

It was a difficult subject; life and death in a hospital after a disaster and chaotic decisions made that seemed adjacent to a war zone. It was frustrating to realize the lack of organization there. This made for a good discussion.

 
Book Club Recommended
Informative, Dramatic, Interesting

Interesting and graphic details about the Civil War around a fictitious character Mary Sutter who is a midwife with a desire to become a surgeon.

Someone: A Novel by Alice McDermott
 
Book Club Recommended
Insightful, Beautiful, Inspiring

The Rosie Project: A Novel by Graeme Simsion
 
Book Club Recommended
Fun, Interesting, Insightful
The Rosie Project

ABCer's loved this delightful romp of a story! It was a quick and easy read and perfect for the beach or vacation!! It's quirkiness made it all the more endearing to us! We all highly recommend this read!

Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
 
Book Club Recommended
Interesting, Insightful, Beautiful
Brooklyn

Good character development and interestingly descriptive! Great discussion about the characters,the time and family relationships; old and new.

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
 
Book Club Recommended
Informative, Insightful, Inspiring

Interesting story of real life sisters and what they sacrificed for the abolitionist cause!

 
Book Club Recommended
Informative, Insightful, Life Changing
Being Mortal

A great read for Baby Boomer age readers on the realistic end of life decisions. Great discussion on what to do as parents age and die and facing our own mortality.

Second Life: A Novel by S. J. Watson
 

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
 
Inspiring, Insightful, Informative

Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
 
Insightful, Dramatic, Inspiring

It was a nostalgic read for any baby boomer! It was compelling with memorable characters. I could not wait to get back to rural Minnesota to find out what came next!

 
Informative, Insightful, Interesting

It is a more complicated issue than what is presented in this book, but it will start a conversation about cultures in sub-sets of our population.

 
Interesting, Insightful, Dramatic

This was a most interesting discussion of life experiences affecting relationships...as interesting on our interpretation of the books messages itself. A lively and controversial “agree to disagree” memoir.

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