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"If you like Philippa Gregory, you will love this book!"
—Nora Roberts
"Palace Circle is a gem, filled with dashing lords, surprisingly gutsy ladies, family secrets, and royal intrigue. As Rebecca Dean moves her remarkable characters between London and Cairo, you will be utterly transported along with them."
—Barbara Delinsky, author of While My Sister Sleeps
Make your next book group a night to remember with PALACE CIRCLE!
Compare this international epic with works by Philippa Gregory and others who write about royal history. Discuss our collective fascination with palace intrigue, romance, and illicit affairs – in the (royalty-free) U.S. today, what do you think captures our attention in a similar way?
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"Spectacular. . . . Wedlock is serious, perceptive, thoughtful and—by no means least—compulsively readable."
–Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post
“[A] fascinating historical biography . . . A tale of wealth, status and privilege, laced with lust, greed, pride and more than a smattering of gratuitous violence . . . An extraordinary story of class, culture, sexism and prejudice; but on a very personal level is a very human tale...[A] fine book.”
—The Times (London)
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Creative Idea for Your Book Group
Before you explore the questions in the reader’s guide, check out the author’s fascinating back-story of how she came to write WEDLOCK. For additional historical context and to create a lively discussion of gender rights in the 18th century, read an excerpt of Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
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“A terrific book, sweet, touching and great fun. I loved it.”
—Joanne Harris
“Godmother is earthy, lyrical, sensual and deeply, intelligently romantic. Carolyn Turgeon has a gift for mingling the magical and the mundane. Her earthy, sensual and richly imagined take on the fair folk should appeal to fans of Holly Black.”
—Alisa Kwitney-Sheckley, author of Flirting in Cars and The Better to Hold You
Re-read the Cinderella tale and discuss the intersections between it and Godmother with your group. For an even richer discussion, read the original Grimm version, which includes some shockingly dark details (like the fact that one of the step-sisters cuts off her own toe to fit into the slipper). Also, consider reading several “parallel novels” back-to-back: Wicked and The Wizard of Oz, Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre, The Hours and Mrs. Dalloway. Be among the first FIVE readers to request this title and receive a SIGNED FIRST EDITION!
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"A wise and important story, engagingly told. I hope everyone, from the most piously committed to the most militantly atheist, reads it and absorbs its lessons."
—Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People
How can we create a world with less violence and division? Can we make room for other cultures and beliefs without negating our own? Is there a way to balance commitment and openness without sacrificing one to the other? Brad Hirschfield’s inspiring message and practical advice are more important than ever.
Video created and produced by Scott Newman & Marc Santo of Revel In.
"When the Economy Sours, a Tootsie Roll Can Soothe the Soul"*
“Why do we love the sweets we love? Joanne Chen counts the ways in a book that, like its subject, quickly becomes an addiction.”
—Robert Sullivan, author of Rats and Cross Country
Sweet is complicated, our individual relationships with it shaped as much by childhood memories and clever marketing as the actual sensation of the confection on the tongue. This fabulously entertaining story of sweet will change the way you think about your next cookie.
*From a recent New York Times article. CLICK HERE to read.
FAN FAVORITES
“Is there an American novelist who understands the complicated and mulitfaceted nature of love in all its manifestations—romantic, familial, platonic—better than Alice Hoffman?” —The Chicago Tribune
“Alice Hoffman is my favorite writer.”
–Jodi Picoult
Hoffman weaves a magical and stunningly original story that charts the lives of three women in love with the wrong men: Headstrong Madeleine Heller finds herself hopelessly attracted to her sister’s fiancé. Frieda Lewis, a doctor’s daughter and a runaway, becomes the muse of an ill-fated rock star. And beautiful Bryn Evans is set to marry an Englishman while secretly obsessed with her ex-husband.
“Reads like a novel. A fast-paced page-turner, it has everything: sex, wit, humor, and adventures. But it is an impressively researched and important story.”
—David Fromkin, author of Europe’s Last Summer
Vienna, 1814 is an evocative and brilliantly researched account of the most audacious and extravagant peace conference in modern European history. It beautifully illuminates the intricate social and political intrigue of this history-defining congress—a glorified party that seemingly valued frivolity over substance but nonetheless managed to drastically reconfigure Europe’s balance of power and usher in the modern age.
“Wonderful . . . I laughed and cried . . . Speaks eloquently about finding and losing a great love, about proud parenthood and passionate competition."
—Maya Angelou
With nothing more than true grit, hard work, and a dream, this coal miner's daughter became one of the winningest and most beloved coaches in basketball. Standing Tall is Vivian Stringer's story of friendship, motherhood, a soaring career, and a deep love, lost too soon. It resonates long after the last page.
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