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Reviews by Ellen H. (Leonia, NJ)

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The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl
by Bart Yates
Great Book Club read (5/15/2024)
What a clever way to tell a story! Bart Yates shares Isaac Dahl's life history by revisiting 12 days in Isaac's lifetime and manages to weave in plenty of historical and cultural context. Each of those days takes us back to important events and depicts what was happening tomore
Becoming Madam Secretary
by Stephanie Dray
Such an impressive woman! (11/16/2023)
I really enjoyed Becoming Madam Secretary. I knew a little about Frances Perkins but learned so much more reading the book. Her legacy spans many years, famous personalities, and social issues. She was influential in reforms on child labor, maximum working hours, standardmore
Panther Gap: A Novel
by James A. McLaughlin
Wild ride! (3/22/2023)
Reading Panther’s Gap was quite a wild ride! I hadn’t read James McLaughlin before but after reading his latest book, I will go back and read Bearskin and keep an eye out for him in the future. This book is a definite page-turner, and I couldn’t wait to see the next twistsmore
Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China's Civil War
by Zhuqing Li
A great book club choice! (5/23/2022)
Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden is the beautifully told story of two very close sisters from a respected Chinese family who found themselves geographically separated at the beginning of the Chinese Civil War – a separation that lasted for over 30 years. On theirmore
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