{"id":44414,"date":"2022-06-09T06:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=44414"},"modified":"2022-06-07T19:20:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T00:20:23","slug":"junes-celebrity-book-club-picks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/junes-celebrity-book-club-picks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"June’s Celebrity Book Club Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a new month which means that Jenna Bush Hager and Reese Witherspoon have picked new books for their book clubs! Reminder that if you join our\u00a0Best Sellers Club<\/a>, these titles will automatically be put on hold for you.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Jenna Bush Hager has selected These Impossible Things<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by Salma El-Wardany as her June pick.<\/p>\n

Curious what These Impossible Things<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>is about? Check out the following description provided by the publisher.<\/p>\n

A razor\u2011sharp debut novel of three best friends navigating love, sex, faith, and the one night that changes it all.<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s always been Malak, Kees, and Jenna against the world. Since childhood, under the watchful eyes of their parents, aunties and uncles, they\u2019ve learned to live their own lives alongside the expectations of being good Muslim women. Staying over at a boyfriend’s place is disguised as a best friend\u2019s sleepover, and tiredness can be blamed on studying instead of partying. They know they\u2019re existing in a perfect moment. With growing older and the stakes of love and life growing higher, the delicate balancing act between rebellion and religion is becoming increasingly difficult to navigate.<\/em><\/p>\n

Malak wants the dream: for her partner, community, and faith to coexist happily, and she wants this so much she’s willing to break her own heart to get it. Kees is in love with Harry, a white Catholic man who her parents can never know about. When he proposes, she must decide between her future happiness and the life she knows and family she loves. Jenna is the life of the party, always ready for new pleasures, even though she\u2019s plagued by a loneliness she can\u2019t shake. Through it all, they have always had each other. But as their college years come to a close, one night changes everything when harsh truths are revealed.<\/em><\/p>\n

As their lives begin to take different paths, Malak, Kees, and Jenna\u2014now on the precipice of true adulthood\u2014must find a way back to each other as they reconcile faith, family, and tradition with their own needs and desires. These Impossible Things is a paean to youth and female friendship\u2014and to all the joy and messiness love holds.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Reese Witherspoon has selected\u00a0Counterfeit<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Kirstin Chen for June.<\/p>\n

Curious what Counterfeit <\/strong><\/em><\/a>is about? Check out the following description provided by the publisher.<\/p>\n

Money can\u2019t buy happiness\u2026 but it can buy a decent fake.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ava Wong has always played it safe. As a strait-laced, rule-abiding Chinese American lawyer with a successful surgeon as a husband, a young son, and a beautiful home\u2014she\u2019s built the perfect life. But beneath this fa\u00e7ade, Ava\u2019s world is crumbling: her marriage is falling apart, her expensive law degree hasn\u2019t been used in years, and her toddler\u2019s tantrums are pushing her to the breaking point.<\/em><\/p>\n

Enter Winnie Fang, Ava\u2019s enigmatic college roommate from Mainland China, who abruptly dropped out under mysterious circumstances. Now, twenty years later, Winnie is looking to reconnect with her old friend. But the shy, awkward girl Ava once knew has been replaced with a confident woman of the world, dripping in luxury goods, including a coveted Birkin in classic orange. The secret to her success? Winnie has developed an ingenious counterfeit scheme that involves importing near-exact replicas of luxury handbags and now she needs someone with a U.S. passport to help manage her business\u2014someone who\u2019d never be suspected of wrongdoing, someone like Ava. But when their spectacular success is threatened and Winnie vanishes once again, Ava is left to face the consequences.<\/em><\/p>\n

Swift, surprising, and sharply comic, Counterfeit is a stylish and feminist caper with a strong point of view and an axe to grind. Peering behind the curtain of the upscale designer storefronts and the Chinese factories where luxury goods are produced, Kirstin Chen interrogates the myth of the model minority through two unforgettable women determined to demand more from life.<\/em><\/p>\n

Join our\u00a0Best Sellers Club<\/a>\u00a0to have Oprah, Jenna, and Reese\u2019s adult selections automatically put on hold for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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