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Marlene’s favorite books

Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama Beyond the Pale by Elana Dykewomon The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne My Life in France by Julia Child The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown Daring Greatly by Brené Brown Give and Take by Adam M. Grant The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
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