Ep.6: Erotic Stories + Witches = A Deadly Education
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We read books recommended by Lauren, our in-house librarian, who is still out of commission, and it’s unanimous. She’s a book whisperer. Aileen read and thoroughly enjoyed Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal a lively, sexy, and thought-provoking East-meets-West story about community, friendship, and women's lives at all ages. Alisa read Deborah Harkness’s A Discovery of Witches and her lifelong mission now is go out to dinner with Deborah. And Josie became a Naomi Novik fangirl for life after reading A Deadly Education.
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