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Thalia Book Club: Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird 50th Anniversary Celebration

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Mr. Spaceman

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The landmark follow-up to the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning To Kill a Mockingbird

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From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author comes this "fascinating . . . intense portrayal of the collapse of a marriage . . . [that] delivers a surprising charge" (Jane Smiley, The Washington Post).An O, The Oprah Magazine "Summer Reading List" pickSet in contemporary New Orleans but working its way back in time, A Small Hotel chronicles the relationship between Michael and Kelly Hays, who have ... Read more

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