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Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger The Book Thief by Markus Zusak What Is the What by Dave Eggers
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1971 Marlborough Adult Book Club — 12 members — last activity Nov 20, 2009 03:01PM
a forum for members of the Marlborough adult book club to discuss book club books (and anything else we happen to be reading!)

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Adult Fiction, Book Club, Fiction, Historical fiction, Literary Fiction, and Young-adult


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