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In reply to the discussion: What's the last book you read? How would rate it---5 being great ---1 being it is not a reread. [View all]bedazzled
(1,771 posts)30. "The Manicurist's Daughter" by Susan Lieu
Very moving book about the lives of a Vietnam refugee family in America. Of special interest is the relationship of the author with her mom, who died when she was young due to complications of unnecessary plastic surgery. The clash of American and Vietnamese culture was very challenging. Give it a five!
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What's the last book you read? How would rate it---5 being great ---1 being it is not a reread. [View all]
debm55
Mar 24
OP
TY, Dirvaen. You might want to try the library. You don't have to pay for the books and when you take them back , they
debm55
Mar 24
#5
I finished Octavia Butler's book 1 "Dawn" of her Xeogenisis/Lilith's Brood Trilogy...
electric_blue68
Mar 24
#10
Last one I finished was fiction - Victory City by Salman Rushdie; give it a 4
Backseat Driver
Mar 25
#18