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Book Discussion on 11/28/22
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Woodridge Public Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION FORD
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FICTION FORD
1 available
Woodridge Public Library - Paperbacks
BESTSELLER
2 available
BESTSELLER
2 available
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Woodridge Public Library - Adult Audiobooks
CD FICTION FORD
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CD FICTION FORD
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet comes a powerful novel about the love that binds one family of women across generations. Dorothy Moy breaks her own heart for a living. As Seattle's former poet laureate, that's how she describes channeling her dissociative episodes and mental breakdowns into her art. But when her five-year-old daughter, Annabel, exhibits the same behavior and begins remembering...
2) Violeta
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✔ Book Discussion on 10/24/22
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Woodridge Public Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION ALLENDE
1 available
FICTION ALLENDE
1 available
Woodridge Public Library - Paperbacks
BESTSELLER
1 available
BESTSELLER
1 available
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Woodridge Public Library - Large Type
LT FICTION ALLENDE
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LT FICTION ALLENDE
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"This sweeping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century. From the start, Violeta's life is marked by extraordinary events and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century. Violeta tells her story in the form of a letter to someone she loves...
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Thursday Murder Club novels volume 1
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✔ Book Discussion on 9/26/22
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Woodridge Public Library - Adult Audiobooks
PLAYAWAY MYSTERY OSMAN
1 available
PLAYAWAY MYSTERY OSMAN
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"In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The Thursday Murder Club. There's Red Ron, the infamous former socialist firebrand, still causing trouble; gentle Joyce, widowed, pining for another resident, but surely not as innocent as she seems; Ibrahim, a former therapist who understands the darker side of human nature; and Elizabeth? Well, no one...
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✔ Book Discussion on 08/22/22
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When Jende Jonga journeys to New York City from Cameroon in 2004 on a visitors' visa in hopes of obtaining a green card, he's sure his life will only improve. After saving up enough money to bring over Jende's wife, Neni, and six-year-old son, the family moves into an apartment in Harlem. Then Jende hits the jackpot in 2007 when he lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a wealthy Lehman Brothers executive. But working for the Edwardses isn't...
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✔ Book Discussion on 07/25/22
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Woodridge Public Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION PICOULT
1 available
FICTION PICOULT
1 available
Woodridge Public Library - Paperbacks
BESTSELLER
1 available
BESTSELLER
1 available
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Woodridge Public Library - Adult Audiobooks
CD FICTION PICOULT
1 available
CD FICTION PICOULT
1 available
eAudiobook
eBook
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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and The Book of Two Ways comes a deeply moving novel about the resilience of the human spirit in a moment of crisis. Diana O'Toole is perfectly on track. She will be married by thirty, done having kids by thirty-five, and move out to the New York City suburbs, all while climbing the professional ladder in the cutthroat art auction world. She's an associate specialist at Sotheby's...
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✔ Book Discussion on 06/27/22
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Woodridge Public Library - Adult Audiobooks
CD FICTION COELHO
1 available
CD FICTION COELHO
1 available
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Woodridge Public Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION COEHLO
1 available
FICTION COEHLO
1 available
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"Paulo Coelho's enchanting novel has inspired a devoted following around the world. This story, dazzling in its powerful simplicity and inspiring wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the Pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his...
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✔ Book Discussion on 05/23/22
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Woodridge Public Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION WILSON
1 available
FICTION WILSON
1 available
Woodridge Public Library - Paperbacks
BESTSELLER
1 available
BESTSELLER
1 available
eAudiobook
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"Lillian and Madison were unlikely, yet inseparable friends at their boarding school. Then Lillian had to leave the school unexpectedly in the wake of a scandal, and they have barely spoken since. Years later, Lillian gets a letter from Madison pleading for her help. Madison's twin stepkids are moving in, and she wants Lillian to be their caretaker. However, there's a catch: the twins spontaneously combust when they get agitated. Lillian is convinced...
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Finlay Donovan novels volume 1
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✔ Book Discussion on 04/25/22
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"Edgar-Award nominee Elle Cosimano's adult debut Finlay Donovan Is Killing It is the first in a witty, fast-paced mystery series, following struggling suspense novelist and single mom Finlay Donovan, whose fiction treads dangerously close to the truth as she becomes tangled in real-life murder investigations. Finlay Donovan is killing it ... except, she's really not. She's a stressed-out single-mom of two and struggling novelist, Finlay's life is...
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✔ Book Discussion on 03/28/22
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Woodridge Public Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION CLARK
2 available
FICTION CLARK
2 available
Woodridge Public Library - Paperbacks
BESTSELLER
1 available
BESTSELLER
1 available
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Two women. Two flights. One last chance to disappear. Claire Cook has a perfect life. Married to the scion of a political dynasty, with a Manhattan townhouse and a staff of ten, her surroundings are elegant, her days flawlessly choreographed, and her future auspicious. But behind closed doors, nothing is quite as it seems. That perfect husband has a temper that burns as bright as his promising political career, and he's not above using his staff to...
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✔ Book Discussion on 02/28/22
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"A powerful, emotional debut novel told in the unforgettable voice of a young Nigerian woman who is trapped in a life of servitude but determined to get an education so that she can escape and choose her own future. Adunni is a fourteen-year-old Nigerian girl who knows what she wants: an education. This, her mother has told her, is the only way to get a "louding voice"--the ability to speak for herself and decide her own future. But instead, Adunni's...
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✔ Book Discussion on 01/24/22
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Woodridge Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
323.65 RAT
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323.65 RAT
1 available
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At a moment of crisis over our national identity, journalist Dan Rather reflects on what it means to be an American. He reminds us of the principles upon which the United States was founded. Looking at the freedoms that define us, from the vote to the press; the values that have transformed us, from empathy to inclusion to service; the institutions that sustain us, such as public education; and the traits that helped form our young country, such as...