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Nancy Thayer

Nancy Thayer is the author of over 30 novels, including FAMILY REUNION, SUMMER HOUSE, THE HOT FLASH CLUB, BEACHCOMBERS, ISLAND GIRLS, THE GUEST COTTAGE, THE ISLAND HOUSE and SECRETS IN SUMMER.

Her books concern the mysteries and romance of families and relationships: marriage and friendships, divorce and love, custody and step parenting, family secrets and private self-affirmation, the quest for independence and the normal human hunger for personal connections.

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Virginia Hume

Virginia Hume is a freelance writer and editor. Her early career was spent in politics and affairs. She lives outside Washington, D.C. with her husband, their daughters and an under-groomed bichon named Chester.

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Laura Dave, author of The Last Thing He Told Me

Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers: Owen’s 16-year-old daughter, Bailey. As Hannah’s increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, as the FBI arrests Owen’s boss, as a US marshal and federal agents arrive at her Sausalito home unannounced, Hannah quickly realizes her husband isn’t who he said he was. And that Bailey just may hold the key to figuring out Owen’s true identity --- and why he really disappeared. Hannah and Bailey set out to discover the truth. But as they start putting together the pieces of Owen’s past, they soon realize they’re also building a new future --- one neither of them could have anticipated.

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Win Up to 12 Copies of THE LAST FLIGHT by Julie Clark for Your Group

Each month, we ask book groups to share the titles they are reading that month and rate them. From all entries, three winners will be selected, and each will win up to 12 copies of that month’s prize book for their group. Note: To be eligible to win, let us know the title of the book that YOUR book group is CURRENTLY reading, NOT the title we are giving away.

Our latest prize book is THE LAST FLIGHT by Julie Clark, a Bookreporter.com Bets On selection that is now available in paperback and is May's Target Book Club pick. This instant New York Times bestseller is the story of two women --- both alone, both scared --- and one agonizing decision that will change the trajectory of both of their lives. To enter, please fill out the form below by Wednesday, June 9th at noon ET.
 

Wendy Francis

Wendy Francis is the author of five novels: SUMMERTIME GUESTS, BEST BEHAVIOR, THE SUMMER SAIL, THE SUMMER OF GOOD INTENTIONS and THREE GOOD THINGS. She grew up in the Midwest and moved east for high school and college. After graduating from Harvard, she attended law school for a brief stint before realizing that she was more interested in rewriting cases than studying case law. She went on to work at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Da Capo Press for nearly 15 years as a book editor.

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Andrea Lee

Andrea Lee is the author of five books, including the National Book Award–nominated memoir RUSSIAN JOURNAL, the novels RED ISLAND HOUSE, LOST HEARTS IN ITALY and SARAH PHILLIPS, and the story collection INTERESTING WOMEN. A former staff writer for The New Yorker, she has written for The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, W and The New York Times Book Review. Born in Philadelphia, she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Harvard University and now lives in Italy.

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Sam Johnson

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Elizabeth Brundage

Elizabeth Brundage is the author of five novels, including ALL THINGS CEASE TO APPEAR, which was a WSJ best mystery of 2016, and was the basis for the Netflix film Things Heard and Seen. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop where she received a James Michener Award, and attended the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Witness, New Letters, Greensboro Review and elsewhere.

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April 29, 2021

Our book group read SUNFLOWERS SISTERS by Martha Hall Kelly this month (which we all loved), and for next month we are reading THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME by Laura Dave. We typically read new books --- we have fun at our meetings talking about what’s new that we want to explore. Reading through the submissions for our “What’s Your Book Group Reading This Month?" feature, we see there is a whole range of timing for book releases in what you are reading. And I see the same thing when I answer requests from readers who write looking for discussion guides. I often get a request for a guide for a much older or lesser known title, and I really should ask the sender what had them gravitate towards that book. I love that there is not “one kind” of book group, but rather a wonderful variety of them.

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Lea Geller

Lea Geller is the author of TROPHY LIFE and THE TRUTH AND OTHER HIDDEN THINGS. A recipient of the 2019 Kathryn Gurfein Writing Fellowship at Sarah Lawrence College, she began her writing career by blogging about her adventures in the trenches of parenting. Lea lives in New York with her husband and children, for whom she frequently wakes up and makes several separate breakfasts. When Lea’s not writing and eavesdropping on her children, she can be found running, gardening, drinking diner coffee, and occasionally teaching middle school English.

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