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Discuss Broken Teaglass, Monday, October 18th at7pm

Broken Teaglass by Emily ArsenaultJoin us Monday, November 15th at 7pm in the Hilton Garden Inn Room to discuss Broken Teaglass written by Emily Arsenault

The Holiday season looms less large in the insular New England environment evoked in this unique and endearing first novel. At the Samuelson Co. -- 'the oldest and most revered name in American dictionaries'- we meet Billy Webb, a recent college grad and 'newbie' and tart-tongued, Mona Minot, as they try to solve a decades old mystery contained in the files of citations.

"... a literary gem...set in the fusty offices of a venreable publishing house and showcasing the research skills of two young lexicographers who discover clues to an unsolved murder in the citation files." (New York Times Book Review)

Learn more about Emily Arsenault at her website, http://emilyarsenault.com.

Discuss Crow Lake , Monday, November 15th at7pm

The Good ThiefJoin us Monday, November 15th at 7pm in the Hilton Garden Inn Room to discuss Crow Lake written by Mary Lawson

Mary Lawson's debut novel concerns a young woman, Kate Morrison, a zoologist who is hundreds of miles away from her childhood home of Crow Lake in the isolated regions of northern Ontario. Yet she can't escape the memories of her past, the car accident that killed her parents, her older brother who took her out to the pond to teach her about the wildlife there, and the violence of the neighbors whose lives were intertwined with her family. Embarking on a new love, Kate must come to grips with her past to fashion her own future.

 

Read the New York Times Book Review of Crow Lake

Learn more about Mary Lawson at her website, http://www.randomhouse.ca/newface/marylawson.php.

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