Join us as the Coffee Cake bookclub meets to discuss Heart of Lies by M.L. Malcolm.
The publisher's summary\:
Leo Hoffman was born with a gift for languages. When his dreams for the future are destroyed by World War I\, the dashing young Hungarian attempts to use his rare talent to rebuild his life\, only to find himself inadvertently embroiled in an international counterfeiting scheme. Suddenly Leo is wanted across the European continent for a host of crimes\, including murder. Left with no options\, he must escape to Shanghai with his lover\, carrying with him a stolen treasure that could be his salvation . . . or his death warrant. But the gangsters who control the decadent Asian city have no intention of letting him outrun his past. And when the Japanese invade\, one wrong move could cost Leo Hoffman everything he holds dear.
An epic tale of intrigue\, passion\, and adventure\, "\;Heart of Lies"\; heralds the arrival of a remarkable writer.
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When you stop by\, you can enter to win a signed bookplate by Suzanne Collins or an official Mockingjay pin.
If you'd like to reserve your copy in advance\, please call us at (281) 497 8675.
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Publisher's summary\:
With the compassion of Jodi Picoult and the medical realism of Atul Gawande\, "\;Oxygen"\; is a riveting new novel by a real-life anesthesiologist\, an intimate story of relationships and family that collides with a high-stakes medical drama.
Dr. Marie Heaton is an anesthesiologist at the height of her profession. She has worked\, lived and breathed her career since medical school\, and she now practices at a top Seattle hospital. Marie has carefully constructed and constricted her life according to empirical truths\, to the science and art of medicine. But when her tried-and-true formula suddenly deserts her during a routine surgery\, she must explain the nightmarish operating room disaster and face the resulting malpractice suit. Marie's best friend\, colleague and former lover\, Dr. Joe Hillary\, becomes her closest confidante as she twists through depositions\, accusations and a remorseful preoccupation with the mother of the patient in question. As she struggles to salvage her career and reputation\, Marie must face hard truths about the path she's chosen\, the bridges she's burned and the colleagues and superiors she's mistaken for friends.
A quieter crisis is simultaneously unfolding within Marie's family. Her aging father is losing his sight and approaching an awkward dependency on Marie and her sister\, Lori. But Lori has taken a more traditional path than Marie and is busy raising a family. Although Marie has been estranged from her Texas roots for decades\, the ultimate responsibility for their father's care is falling on her.
As her carefully structured life begins to collapse\, Marie confronts questions of love and betrayal\, family bonds and the price of her own choices. Set against the natural splendor of Seattle\, and inside the closed vaults of hospital operating rooms\, Oxygen climaxes in a final twist that is as heartrending as it is redeeming.
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