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Beth’s favorite books

East of the Mountains by David Guterson Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis The Poorhouse Fair by John Updike Cannery Row by John Steinbeck No ordinary time by Doris Kearns Goodwin The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett Hawaii by James A. Michener Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
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Katherine Applegate
“A good zoo," Stella said, "is a large domain. A wild cage. A safe place to be. It has room to roam and humans who don't hurt." She pauses, considering her words. "A good zoo is how humans make amends.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan
tags: environmentalism
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“The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.”
― Thornton Wilder
tags: epitaph, gratitude
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“They think I'm too old to cause trouble.
Old age is a powerful disguise.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan
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