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Register 25 Seats Remaining

Book Buzz Discussion (Virtual)

Absolution by Alice McDermott
2025-01-27 19:00:00 2025-01-27 20:00:00 America/Chicago Book Buzz Discussion (Virtual) Online -

Monday, January 27
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-01-27 19:00:00 2025-01-27 20:00:00 America/Chicago Book Buzz Discussion (Virtual) Online -

Absolution A bossy insider and mother of three, Charlene masterminds a “cabal” of charitable military-industrial wives bent on helping poor and ailing Vietnamese in Saigon, 1963.

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