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Book Picks - Green Toad Bookstore

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published February 23, 2021 at 11:15 AM EST
Book covers for the books listed below on this page

This week's Book Picks come from Jim Havener at the Green Toad Bookstore in Oneonta, New York. 

List:
How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue
The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Actress by Anne Enright
Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History by Paul Farmer
The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness by Ritchie Robertson
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