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This month's Penguin book club pick
Book Cover: Anna Karenina Film Tie In
Anna Karenina Film Tie In
By Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity, and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky. 
Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity, and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky. 
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Published: 21/11/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141391892
RRP: $19.99
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Book Cover: The House of Memories
The House of Memories
By Monica McInerney
From the bestselling author of Lola's Secret comes an exquisitely moving family story about forgiveness and learning to love again.\r\n \r\n 
From the bestselling author of Lola's Secret comes an exquisitely moving family story about forgiveness and learning to love again.\r\n \r\n 
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Published: 26/09/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921518645
RRP: $29.99
Book Cover: Great Expectations
Great Expectations
By Charles Dickens
A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor – these form a series of events that change the orphaned Pip's life forever, and he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens's...
A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity...
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Published: 09/01/2004
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141439563
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover: On the Road: The Original Scroll
On the Road: The Original Scroll
By Jack Kerouac
On the Road  chronicles Jack Kerouac's years traveling the North American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, "a sideburned hero of the snowy West." As "Sal Paradise" and "Dean Moriarty," the two roam the country in a quest for self-knowledge and experience. Kerouac's love of America, his compassion for humanity, and his sense of language as jazz combine to make...
On the Road  chronicles Jack Kerouac's years traveling the North American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, "a sideburned hero of the snowy West." As "Sal Paradise" and "Dean...
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Published: 05/08/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141189215
RRP: $26.95
Book Cover: All That I Am
All That I Am
By Anna Funder
Based on real people and events, All That I Am is a masterful and exhilarating exploration of bravery and betrayal, of the risks and sacrifices some people make for their beliefs, and of heroism hidden in the most unexpected places.
Based on real people and events, All That I Am is a masterful and exhilarating exploration of bravery and betrayal, of the risks and sacrifices some people make for their beliefs, and of heroism hidden in the most unexpected places.
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Published: 29/08/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781926428338
RRP: $29.95
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Book Cover: Me Before You
Me Before You
By Jojo Moyes
Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick.
Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick.
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Published: 03/01/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780718159047
RRP: $29.95
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On behalf of my reading group Scrolls, I'd like to thank you for the recent copy you sent of Closed For Winter by Georgia Blain, along with enough complimentary double passes for the entire group to see the movie.

I'm happy to report that the group was absolutely thrilled with your generosity, and are making great use of the tickets.

Personally speaking, my husband and I were fortunate enough to catch a screening at the Entertainment Quarter at Moore Park, and were blown away by the evocative film. It certainly tackles a difficult subject with delicacy and intelligence. Having seen the film I then read the book - and it was a wonderful read. Not because of the nightmare subject matter, but because you actually became part of Elise's world, turned upside down when her sister vanished on the beach all those years before. It was an excellent read, and I'm passing it around the group at the next meeting. All are keen to read it.

Once again, thankyou so much for Penguin's generosity and community spirit. I look forward to more book club offers in the future! - Malvina from Scrolls.

Book club notes
The Adventures of Augie March
Reading Notes
Book Club Notes for The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow Book Summary Saul Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March burst on the postwar literary scene with the exuberance of a great American author finding his true voice. The most freewheeling of Bellow's heroes, Augie paints a fresh, gritty, comic view of the American landscape and poses anew the perennial ...
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The Age of Innocence
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Book Club Notes for The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton Book Summary The Age of Innocence is a title both ironic and poignant: ironic because the 'age' or period of the book, the late nineteenth century, teems with intolerance, collusion, and cynicism; poignant because the only innocence lost is that of Newland Archer, the resolute gentleman whose insight into the machinations ...
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Agnes Grey
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Book Club Notes for Agnes Grey by Charlotte Bronte Book Summary Published in 1877, Anne Brontë's first novel exposes with remarkable realism the hardships and exploitation endured by governesses in Victorian England. In a narrative that drew heavily on her own experience, Brontë's goal was not to amuse or to entertain but, as Agnes Grey says, to benefit those ...
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Alice in Wonderland (Book of the Film)
Reading Notes
Book Club Notes for  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland  and  Through the Looking-Glass   by Lewis Carroll Book Summary In his diary on July 4, 1862, Lewis Carroll wrote, 'Duckworth and I made an expedition up the river to Godstow with the three Liddells: we had tea on the bank there, and did not reach Christ Church again till quarter past eight, ...
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
Reading Notes
Book Club Notes for  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland  and  Through the Looking-Glass   by Lewis Carroll Book Summary In his diary on July 4, 1862, Lewis Carroll wrote, 'Duckworth and I made an expedition up the river to Godstow with the three Liddells: we had tea on the bank there, and did not reach Christ Church again till quarter past eight, ...
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