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<b>From:</b> Deborah Hermann <deborahhermann1@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 18, 2025 10:29 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Book Club Update - Next Gathering on Nov 10th</div>
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Sandy, Please send out: Thank you to Leslie Kohman for hosting the group on Monday evening. Your backyard oasis was a wonderful setting for our book discussion. There were 12 of us (including Leslie and her sister) discussing the memoir by Ketanji</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Thank you to Leslie Kohman for hosting the group on Monday evening. Your backyard oasis was a wonderful setting for our book discussion. There were 12 of us (including Leslie and her sister) discussing the memoir by Ketanji Brown
Jackson. Below are future dates and titles that we are reading. </div>
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<div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Monday, November 10, 2025 at 5:30 pm</b>,
<b><i>By Any Other Name </i></b>by Jodi Picoult. 525 pgs. It is a dual-timeline novel that explores the struggles of two women playwrights separated by centuries, both forced to hide their</div>
<div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">identities to have their work recognized. In Elizabethan England, Emilia Bassano uses the name William Shakespeare to publish her plays due to the limitations placed on women writers. In the present day, Melina
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<div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">about Emilia but faces similar challenges in a male-dominated theater world. The novel examines themes of sexism, ambition, and the enduring fight for female voices to be heard.</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Monday, January 12, 2026 at 5:30 pm</b>, T<b><i>he Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels</i></b> by Jon Meacham. 416 pgs. The author explores dark moments in American history and argues that
our current climate of partisan</div>
<div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">division is not new. He sheds light on the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in U.S. history when hope overcame division and fear.</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Future potential books:</div>
<div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><i>American Negra</i></b> by Natasha S. Alford. 288 pgs. Author grew up in Syracuse NY and is the March FOCL author.</div>
<div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><i>Summer Island </i></b>by Kristin Hannah. 416 pgs. </div>
<div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><i>Remarkedly Bright Creatures</i></b> by Shelby Van Pelt. 368 pgs.</div>
<div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><i>The Great Believers </i></b>by Rebecca Makkai. 421 pgs.</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We wish everyone a safe and happy autumn. Reminders and location details will be sent closer to dates. We also want to thank Sandy Jarvis for sending out our emails and supporting this group!</div>
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