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Close Enough to Touch

Colleen Oakley

Start date: January 24, 2022

Finish date: February 21, 2022

Why we're reading this: Close Enough to Touch is East Side Book Discussion's February selection! This book club will be held in p…more
[close] Close Enough to Touch is East Side Book Discussion's February selection! This book club will be held in person at East Side Library on Monday, 2/21 at 2:00 PM. Visit our website or call 515-248-4152 for more details, including current COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions.

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Mar 18, 2021 Lisa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Dec 09, 2019 Becky rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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I liked this book. I liked that Jubille's non-existant allegy to humans seemed real. I liked the structure of the book: The 3 Parts and Epilogue beginning witht the New York Times News Article, then alternating chapters narrated by Jubilee and Eric. I liked all the detail in the story, expecially when she was first trying to leave her house. I liked that the library became a safe place for her. I liked that the need for human contact is so powerful that it is impossible to love deeply without it ...more

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