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Old 12-30-2011, 08:26 PM
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Highly highly highly recommend Freedom by Jonathan Franzen. Also Ape House by Sara Gruen, Secret Daughter by (not sure, an Indian), and Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson. I found Room (not sure of author) very difficult -- about a young woman kidnapped and held prisoner for many years in a wacko's back yard prison. Too close to reality.

I find myself in 2 book groups (how did that happen?) so I'm reading lots that I would not necessarily pick on my own.
Oprah recommended this book for her book club.