Breakaway Book Club
The Breakaway Book Club is currently seeking new book club members. Please email Lauren at lauren.reveri@gmail.com for more information.
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Upcoming Selections:
February: Mrs. March by Virginia Feito
March: How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones
April: Abundance by Jacob Guanzon
May: The Magician by Colm Toibin
June: Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
July: The 100 Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
August: Headlong by Michael Frayne
September: The Farm by Joanne Ramos
October: The First Woman by Jennifer Makumbi
“I read Virginia’s novel in one sitting and was so captured by it I knew I had to make it and play Mrs. March. As a character, she is fascinating, complex, and deeply human and I can’t wait to sink my teeth into her.” —Elisabeth Moss
Oprah Daily • Best Books of the Year
New York Times Book Review • Editors’ Choice
USA Today • Books Not to Miss
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In the tradition of Zadie Smith and Marlon James, a brilliant Caribbean writer delivers a powerful story about four people each desperate to escape their legacy of violence in a so-called "paradise."
In Baxter’s Beach, Barbados, Lala’s grandmother Wilma tells the story of the one-armed sister.
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction
A wrenching debut about the causes and effects of poverty, as seen by a father and son living in a pickup
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From one of today’s most brilliant and beloved novelists, a dazzling, epic family saga set a
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
More than ONE MILLION copies sold
A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick
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“A beautiful debut, funny, tender, and animated by a willingness to confront life’s obstacles and find a way to survive. . . . It celebrates friendship, finds meaning in difficulty and lets the reader explore dark places while always allowing for the possibility of light.
An unlikely con man wagers wife, wealth, and sanity in pursuit of an elusive Old Master.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Life is a lucrative business, as long as you play by the rules.
Skimm Reads Pick • People Book of the Week • Belletrist Book Pick • “[Joanne] Ramos’s debut novel couldn’t be more relevant or timely.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
