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Lessons in Chemistry | Bonnie Garmus Summary: Set mostly in the 1960’s in a male dominated science institute. A brilliant female scientist is trying to make her work recognized and appreciated by any method she can. Constantly ignored, put down and cheated by her male counterparts, she proves that women do have brains along with …

Curious George | Margret and H.A. Rey Summary: First published in 1941, Curious George is an orphaned monkey in Africa. It tells of his many adventures with the man with a yellow hat who brings him back to America. As is name suggests his curiosity gets him into a lot of trouble. There has been …

The Stranger in the Lifeboat | Mitch Albom Summary: A story of beliefs and actions of 10 ten in a lifeboat trying to survive. A stranger is pulled from the sea claiming to be God. After praying for a miracle do they accept this stranger to be their savior. It is narrated by one passenger …

A Man Called Ove | Fredrik Backman Summary: Ove is a recently widowed grumpy old man who doesn’t feel the need to keep on living. This is his story of why he feels this way and the road he takes and the people and animals he lets into his world that he so desperately wants …

The Giver of Stars | Jojo Moyes Summary: It is a fictional story based on the true history of the The Pack Horse Library project from 1935-1943. Set in the Appalachian Mountains it is a story of 5 socially different women who want to make a difference by taking books by horses to people in …

The Music of Bees| Eilen Garvin Summary: This book is about hope and change for three different people who are unexpectedly thrown together. You come to like and root for this characters who take you through their problems and traumas. It is a very uplifting and heart felt story as will as teaching you more …