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<b>From:</b> Deborah Hermann <deborahhermann1@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 4, 2025 11:33 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Book Club on Monday, November 10th at 5:30 pm</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Just a reminder that we will be meeting next week. Even if you haven't read the book - please come and catch up with everyone. If you can bring some finger food or drink to share.</div>
<div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We will meet at:</div>
<div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Deb Hermann's house</div>
<div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">251 Brattle Rd., Syracuse, NY 13203</div>
<div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">315-396-7647</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Monday, November 10, 2025 at 5:30 pm,
<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
Green writes a play</div>
<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);">Monday, January 12, 2026 at 5:30 pm, 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);">Bring other ideas for other books. See you soon. Deb and Dale </div>
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