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Absolution: A Novel | Alice McDermott
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Pickpick

This was recommended to me by a bookstore owner. She said it was the book about women in Vietnam that should have gotten the attention The Women did. It's a look at the wives of US advisors sent to Saigon in the early days of the war. The setting is vividly drawn with both time and place. The writing is beautiful in this character-driven novel that explores guilt, responsibility to others, and intervention vs interference.

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SarahBookInterrupted
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During this blog we turn the Authors Spotlight onto Lukas Klessig and his book “Words With My Father: A Bipolar Journey Through Turbulent Times”.

Words With My Father offers a gripping portrait of the evolution of a young man's mental illness and how it manifested into a dramatic and often dangerous existence through the turbulence of the Civil Rights, Peace and Conservation movements.

#wordswithmyfather Lukas Klessig #bookstoread ⬇️

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Melmar
The Mountains Sing | Nguyen Phan Que Mai
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Wrapped up January by finishing The Mountains Sings. Recommend it and also love using The StoryGraph for tracking

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NovelNancyM
Absolution: A Novel | Alice McDermott
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Mehso-so

Literary and historical fiction with well-written prose of unlikeable characters. I most enjoyed the shorter section told from the POV of Charlene's daughters.

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SanjanaGhosh
The Best and the Brightest | David Halberstam
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Bailedbailed

Bailed a few chapters in, this one is not for me!

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kricheal
Tree of Smoke: A Novel | Denis Johnson
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Starting this on audio #cloudlibrary

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cariashley
Absolution: A Novel | Alice McDermott
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Belated, but here‘s my Christmas book haul from my mom! Very excited about all of these. I‘m prioritizing Martyr! though, for the 2025 TOB.

Ruthiella Awesome pile of possibilities! 4mo
ChaoticMissAdventures Amazing. I loved Martyr! Hope you enjoy. 4mo
BarbaraBB Great pile! I enjoyed Martyr too. 4mo
BkClubCare I liked Absolution quite a bit. 1mo
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PaperbackPirate
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Fell behind on my #12booksof2024 !

I read this one with my book club to mixed reviews, but I loved this sister story set in Vietnam.

@Andrew65

Andrew65 Love books that take me to new countries. 4mo
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DieAReader
The Best and the Brightest | David Halberstam
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Andrew65 A great set of goals, plenty of 5s in there. Good luck! 🥰 4mo
DieAReader @Andrew65 😝💖Thanks! (edited) 4mo
CoverToCoverGirl You‘ll crush it! 4mo
DieAReader @CoverToCoverGirl 🤞🏻🤓💖🫂 4mo
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