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Nov 2021
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[BOOK CLUB BONUS] Lucy Foley’s “The Gues...

JEN HATMAKER
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Calling all book nerds! Are you looking for a place where your book-loving heart can flourish? Join us at jenhatmakerbookclub.com, and become one of our sisters in nerdiness. For October 2021, Jen and the club read Lucy Foley’s The Guest List. Lucy Foley is a former fiction editor who used her passion for literature to become a master of who-dunnit mystery b ... Show More
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