Book of the Week: GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING by Tracy Chevalier
A sixteen year old girl is painted by Vermeer.
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Movie of the Month: Cabaret
As the Nazi party rises, a young singer falls for two men; Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, and Michael York star. (1972)
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December 2021 Book Recommendations
A curated list of books and literary classics for your reading pleasure by David Bruce Smith Publications.
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Book of the Week: MARY BARTON by Elizabeth Gaskell
The bitter and impoverished John Barton commits a murder.
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Book of the Week: THE LAWGIVER by Herman Wouk
When he turned ninety-seven the author satisfied his lifelong wish of writing an epistolary novel about Moses.
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Book of the Week: ZLATA’S DIARY by Zlata Filipovic
The journal of a ten-year-old records the bombings, snipers, gas, and food shortages during the 1990s.
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Movie of the Month: The Age of Innocence
Newland Archer, a wealthy attorney, is engaged to socialite May Welland; then, he meets her cousin, and Newland’s feelings change. Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, and Michelle Pfeiffer star; based on Edith Wharton’s novel. (1993)
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Book of the Week: AN AMERICAN CHILDHOOD by Annie Dillard
A memoir-paean to Pittsburgh—the childhood home to the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.
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November 2021 Book Recommendations
A curated list of books and literary classics for your reading pleasure by David Bruce Smith Publications.
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Book of the Week: SHELLEY: ALSO KNOWN AS SHIRLEY by Shelley Winters
From Brooklyn to Hollywood and Monroe; Brando, Flynn, Holden; stardom.
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Book of the Week: BETWEEN THE LINES by Claudia Whitsitt
Three Detroit girls from different backgrounds become best friends during the racial tensions of the 60s.