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Alan Walker Village Book Group
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder – and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family.He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, truculent computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet’s disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history. But the Vangers are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves.
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2nd Tuesday Evening Book Group
The Girl in the Steel-Capped Boots by Loretta Hill
Summary – A story of red dust and romance, of strength and dreams, discovered in the unlikeliest of places–the great Australian outback. Lena Todd is a city girl who thrives on cocktails and cappuccinos so when her boss announces hes sending her to the outback to join a construction team, her world is turned upside down. Lenas new accommodation: an aluminium box called a dongar. Her new social network: 350 men. Her daily foot attire: steel-capped boots. Unfortunately, Lena cant refuse. Mistakes from the past are choking her confidence and she needs to do something to right those wrongs and prove herself. Going to a remote community might just be the place to do that, if only tall, dark, and obnoxious Dan didnt seem so determined to stand in her way.
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1st Wednesday Book Group – Band-aid for a broken leg
At Mays meeting the 1st Wednesday group discussed:
Band-aid for a broken leg: being a doctor without borders by Damien Brown.
Damien Brown is a twenty-nine-year-old Australian doctor, inexperienced but motivated by a strong desire to help, when he arrives in Angola – an impoverished, war-torn country in south west Africa – for a six-month posting with Medecins Sans Frontieres. It’s his first stint with the organisation, and he thinks he is ready.
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Alan Walker Book Group – Minding Frankie
Parramatta Library’s Outreach Book Group at Alan Walker Village read Maeve Binchy’s, Minding Frankie here are their thoughts:
The group had a healthy and robust discussion, that indicated one an all enjoyed the book.
Over 40 characters in the book rather over faced some. It was said, “in reality five stories were incorporated”.
First time readers of Maeve Binchy were quite enthralled by her undoubted ability. Avid readers didn’t consider this her finest book. Everyone was sorry that her recent death means no further books. Continue reading