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- Jen

Hello! I have updated the list of our upcoming selections (on the right-hand side of the page). Honeymoon in Tehran has been moved to June, and two new books have been added in. I will be making new bookmarks shortly, which will be available at the Reference Desk or the RA Desk in a few days.

December's book is: Hands of My Father by Myron Uhlberg. Uhlberg writes a stirring memoir of his childhood as the hearing son of two deaf parents. His first language was sign, and from the age of 5, he was his father’s “interpreter” to the hearing world. Not an easy task, considering that in the 1930s, the deaf were either treated with impatience or indifference, or simply ignored.

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Hello! I just wanted to let everyone know that I had emailed William Alexander, the author of this month's selection, The $64 Tomato, just to let him know we're reading his book, etc. Mr. Alexander emailed me a very nice response, which I will share with the group when we meet on Wednesday.....

Just a little extra something for our discussion! :)

So, what are we reading in October? Kate Summerscale's The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher.
If you liked Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City, this book might be just what you’re looking for. All the elements of a Victorian crime novel, including an English country house, family secrets, and murder, are present here in this true account of a celebrated murder of 1860. After an incompetent police investigation found no suspects, Detective James Whicher was called in on the case. At the time… Continue