“I’m reading ‘Beyond Reach,’ by Karin Slaughter. It’s a murder mystery that deals with neo-Nazi skinheads in Georgia.”
“I just finished ‘Disgrace,’ by J. M. Coetzee. It’s about a professor who falls from his professional and social position because of an affair and moves to South Africa to live with his daughter. It’s a commentary about racial and social issues.”
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“‘The Flea Palace,’ by Elif Shafak. It’s about the strange everyday people in Turkey during the 1960s.”
“‘Wolf Brothers,’ by Michelle Paver and Geoff Taylor. It’s about a young boy who was raised by wolves and is later adopted by a human.”
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nklminster (anonymous) says…
The Last Summer (of You and Me) by Ann Brashares. She wrote The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series for teens. This is her first book for adults. It's about the relationship between two sisters and their best friend who is a boy. They are coming all together for the first time in three years on the small island where they spent all their summers together as kids.