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May 26

Marge joined the Tenafly High School group.

February 21

New comment on Marlies's review of Love Over Scotland (44 Scotland Street, Book 3)

Marge wrote: "I just listened to this, and, as a totally devoted Alexander McCall Smith reader, I was once more en...more "

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January 24

Marge gave

to:
Daniel Deronda (Modern Library Classics)
by George Eliot

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recommended to Marge by: Book group friend
read in January, 2008

Marge said: "Every year my book group reads a long Victorian novel in December and January, and this 900 page gem was this year's choice. George Eliot's intelligence, curiosity, humanity shine through on every page, and the characters, some full - some less so, ...more "

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Dog Years: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by Mark Doty

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recommended to Marge by: I found it in the library by chance.
read in January, 2008

Marge said: "This is a meditation on how dogs win our hearts, on how two particular dogs won Doty's heart and the hearts of his partners, and it's a meditation on aging and illness. Most of all, it's a very beautiful book. "

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August 23

Marge gave

to:
A Tale of Love and Darkness (Paperback)
by Amos Oz

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read in July, 2007

Marge said: "This memoir is an amazing circle around two central momentous events in the history of Amos Oz and of his family. Oz lived in Jerusalem and he chronicles his childhood there, from the 1940's on, and he also tells the family stories he heard growing ...more "

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The New Yorkers: A Novel (Hardcover)
by Cathleen Schine

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recommended for: people who enjoy funny books, ala Steve Martin's Shopgirl
read in August, 2007

Marge said: "I had so much fun reading this book, a sort of "Cheers" of the Upper West Side + dogs! I laughed out loud at times, but the book is more than funny - it's also beautifully written and astute. A good read, especially for the summer. "

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Marge gave

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After This: A Novel (Hardcover)
by Alice McDermott

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read in July, 2007

Marge said: "This is a beautifully written book set in the 40's, 50's, and 60's. It's a family story of the lower middle class Catholic Long Island/Brooklyn life of the central characters. While these lives might seem circumscribed by contemporary standards, as...more "

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