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The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman Digest & Review. With this digest companion, you'll enjoy:
• A digest of The Light Between Oceans
• Content for your book club or other group event.
• Stories beyond the digest and tidbits you may not know
• The book's impact and its important to read
• And more!
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The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman Digest & Review. With this digest companion, you'll enjoy: • Digest of the book The Light Between Oceans • Reviews of the book and author • The reception of the book and reader's reactions • Stories beyond the digest • And more!
Disclaimer: This digest is an unofficial reader's guide to aide informed decisions, enhancing appreciation of the book. This is NOT a summary and does not contain any text...
3) Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain | Digest & Review
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Quiet by Susan Cain Digest & Review. This is a digest of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking written by Susan Cain. This book delves into a discussion about how extroverts are more "accepted" in our society than introverts. In this book, Cain brings the argument that introverts are just as prevalent, capable, and talented as extroverts. Cain has a slew of research to back her in her book, including studies in psychology,...
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Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan Digest & Review. Clay Jannon, a young artist and recent college graduate, recently fell into unemployment. Passing up one "Help Wanted" sign after another along the streets of San Francisco, he finally comes across Mr. Penumbra's advertisement looking for a night clerk for his 24-hour bookstore. Clay's interest in typography and a particular fantasy series leads him on an exciting adventure between the...
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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Digest & Review With this digest companion, you'll enjoy: • Digest of the book We Were Liars • Reviews of the book and author • The reception of the book and reader's reactions • Stories beyond the digest • And more!
Disclaimer: This digest is an unofficial reader's guide to aide informed decisions, enhancing appreciation of the book. This is NOT a summary and does not contain any text of the original book....
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Blackberry Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke Digest & Review. With this digest companion, you'll enjoy: •Digest of The Goldfinch •Reviews of the book and author •The reception of the book and reader's reactions •Stories beyond the digest •And more!
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Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan Digest & Review. Crazy Rich Asians is a funny fiction novel written by Kevin Kwan that highlights and ridicules the lifestyle of upper-class Asian families and society. The book is about three wealthy, upper-class Chinese families, and how they undermine those who are not as rich and influential as them. It shows the scheming, gossip, and backbiting that occurs when Nicholas Young, the heir to one of the richest families...
8) The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change A Digest & Review of
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey Digest & Review. This is a digest of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, a self-help book written by Stephen Covey. In it, Covey teaches about seven habits that he believes all truly successful people possess. Covey insists that you do not have to be "born effective" (in fact, he says that no one is) for these habits to work for you. He promises that if people follow his lead and take...
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All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Digest & Review. With this digest companion, you'll enjoy: • Digest of the book All the Light We Cannot See• Reviews of the book and author• The reception of the book and reader's reactions• Stories beyond the digest• And more!
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The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah Digest & Review.
Let's set the scene— it is World War II, and we see it from the point of view of two sisters. Divided by the war, their passions, situations, and ideologies pulled them together. Each crossed long and treacherous passageways toward freedom, love, and survival as Germany overtook France. Kristin Hannah takes us through an inspiring journey of the true story of the buoyancy of civilization and these...
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Do You Know The Simple Secrets To Write A Story That Will Sell Like Craz y? Writing a great story is the aim of every author. Once you've utilised the story-telling secrets contained in Million Dollar Story as part of your creative writing skills, you can do it over and over again — just like other super-successful storytellers, including J.K. Rowling, Dan Brown, John Grisham, E.L. James, and Stephen King. To Write A Great Story You Need... Skill...?...
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Smile by Raina Telgemeir Digest & Review. Raina Telgemeier is the author of the #1 New York Times Best Seller "Smile". Her striking memoir "Smile" started as an episodic internet comic and is now available from GRAPHIX imprint by Scholastic. The book is the factual story of Riana's own persistent dental work, but it rapidly develops in to something more than that. Though, certainly not being just a simile for difficult teenage years, Riana conveys...
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Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult Digest & Review. Leaving Time is a novel about one teen's quest to find her mom after her mysterious disappearance. Jenna, only 13 years old, searches every way she knows how to find her mom, Alice. She relies on the internet, a psychic, and studies her mom's work notes every day for clues about her mother's whereabouts. As the investigation continues, Jenna is forced to ask difficult questions, and she soon learned that...
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If I Stay by Gayle Forman Digest & Review With this digest companion, you'll enjoy: • Digest of the book If I Stay • Reviews of the book and author • The reception of the book and reader's reactions • Stories beyond the digest • And more!
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Last One Home by Debbie Macomber Digest & Review. Last One Home is a novel written by Debbie Macomber. The central plot of the book is about a woman who discovers the bravery needed to finally let go of her past and turn her attention to herself and her daughter after she leaves a bad marriage. It does not focus on the violence and heartache of the situation, but instead shows that with the help and love of friends and family, a single mother can...
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Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman Digest & Review. With this digest companion, you'll enjoy: • Digest of the book Orange is the New Black • Reviews of the book and author • The reception of the book and reader's reactions • Stories beyond the digest • And more!
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The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell Digest & Review. Colin and Lorelei Bird have the perfect little house with perfect children. They eat home-cooked meals together every day, and their house is filled with laughter and happy memories. However, something happens that suddenly turns their house upside down, resulting in the family growing so far apart that they almost forget they were ever a family. The House We Grew Up In tells the story of what...
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The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd Digest & Review. With this digest companion, you'll enjoy: • A digest of the The Invention of Wings • Content for your book club or other group event. • Stories beyond the digest and tidbits you may not know • The book's impact and its important to read • And more!
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The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant Digest & Review Activists fought for an end to child labor. Women secretly shared pamphlets about contraceptives. At the height of prohibition, patrons at certain cafes drank whiskey from teapots. Born in 1900, Addie Baum formed an identity separate from her traditional upbringing during a time of worldwide change. Now, at age eighty-five, Addie tells her granddaughter about her life and the times in which she lived,...
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The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Digest & Review. This is a digest of The Girl on the Train, a psychological thriller novel written by Paula Hawkins. It delves into the world of people-watching, infidelity, and alcoholism, and how each of these aspects affect many people, not just the person experiencing them. The book is primarily about Rachel, a depressed alcoholic, who is hung up on her ex. On her daily train commute to a job that she was...