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Fran’s favorite books

Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand Growing Up by Russell Baker Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro Pied Piper by Nevil Shute Going Back to Bisbee by Richard Shelton Winter Birds by Jamie Langston Turner The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry No Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Britt-Marie Was Here
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Susan Orlean
“All the things that are wrong in the world seem conquered by a library’s simple unspoken promise: Here I am, please tell me your story; here is my story, please listen.”
― Susan Orlean, The Library Book
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104463 Thunderbird Book Club — 26 members — last activity Jan 28, 2026 01:29PM
This book club was started at the Thunderbird School of Global Management to promote books about international themes and cross-cultural understanding ...more
128281 Out the Back Door Book Club — 9 members — last activity Nov 29, 2017 03:54PM
Thunderbird IBIC friends who all exited through the back door.

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Tom Herman
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