Washington Park Reads
Washington Park Reads is a private book club.
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Upcoming Selections: All months TBD
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September: The Love Songs of W. E. B. Dubois, by Honore Fannone Jeffers
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October: Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr
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November: The Dressmaker of Khair Khana. by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
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January: Too Much Happiness, by Alice Munroe
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February: Sea of Tranquility, by Emily St. John Mandel
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March: Beyond Innocence, by Phoebe Zerwick
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April: I Never Thought of it That Way: How to Have Fearless Conversations, by Monica Guzman
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May: Omer Pasha Latas: Marshal to the Sultan, by Ivo Andric
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