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The Roundtable

Book Picks - Chatham Bookstore and The Book House

By Joe Donahue
Published October 29, 2024 at 11:35 AM EDT
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This week's Book Picks come from are Amy Zimmerman from Chatham Bookstore in Chatham, NY and we also welcome Cheryl McKeon from The Book House in Albany, NY.

Cheryl:

  • Time of the Child by Niall Williams
  • The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  • The Secret War of Julia Child by Diana R. Chamber
  • Ladies’ Lunch and other stories by Lore Segal
  • Bear at June Farms by Matt Baumgartner and Rosie MacPhail illustrated by Stacey Leonard
  • What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust by Alan Bradley

Amy:

  • ·Within You Without You: Listening to George Harrison by Seth Rogovoy
  • Queer Mythology by Guido Sanchez
  • Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte
  • The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan
  • The Examiner by Janice Hallett
  • A Reason to See You Again by Jami Attenberg

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