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Nancy’s favorite books

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger

On Writing by Stephen King

Jane and Prudence by Barbara Pym

West with the Night by Beryl Markham

A Three Dog Life by Abigail Thomas

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Flight of the Maidens by Jane Gardam

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers

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The Calamity Club

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The Calamity Club

by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)

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Nancy’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for The Overstory

The Overstory by Richard Powers

Mimi’s first thought is that she’s mistaken. A

Funny Story

by Emily Henry

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Nancy’s Quotes

Thomas A. Edison

“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
― Thomas A. Edison

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