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  • “The Reader” by Bernhard Schlink

    A testament to life’s motto: “I never said it would be easy.” Read Review Below Rating: ★★★ “The Reader” is narrated by a law historian and starts his story when he is 15 years old in postwar Germany. He encounters an older woman and a relationship ensues. Years after the relationship ends, his studies bring

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  • “Caste: The Origins of our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson

    Deep breaths required. Read Review Below Rating: ★★★★★ …it is the older Germans who were there who should feel guilt. We were not here. We ourselves did not do this. That is what a lot of us tell ourselves in regard to the 400 years of slavery, and even the continued racial segregation pre-Civil Rights

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