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    May 2014 Jew­ish Book Coun­cil Staff Picks

    JBC Staff
    May 12, 2014

    What we’re read­ing this month:

    Nat: The Con­fab­u­list (Steven Gal­loway) | Nao­mi: Amer­i­can Inno­va­tions (Riv­ka Galchen)
    Car­olyn: Love & Trea­sure (Ayelet Wald­man)
    Car­ol: Can’t We Talk About Some­thing More Pleas­ant? (Roz Chast) |Joyce: Inten­tions (Deb­o­rah Heiligman)

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