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Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage

by Belle Burden

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The Calamity Club

by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)

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Adult Fiction, African American, Biography, Book Club, Chick-lit, Christian, Classics, Contemporary, Cooking, Ebooks, Historical fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Romance, Young-adult, War, and Women's Fiction

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