Thursday, August 13, 2015

CASEBOOK, BY MONA SIMPSON

BOOK DISCUSSION DATE AND TIME: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2015, AT 1:OO P.M.

Nine-year-old Miles Adler-Hart’s mother, “the Mims,” is “pretty for a mathematician.” Miles and his best friend Hector are in thrall to her. When her marriage starts to unravel, the boys begin spying on her to find out why. They rifle through her dresser drawers, bug her telephone lines, and strip-mine her computer. Ultimately, what they find will affect the family’s prosperity—and sanity. (Penguin/Randomhouse)

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