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Fall has arrived and it's time to start reading our new book pick. By a small margin of 5 votes, Avid Reader Book Club members have chosen The Strength of the Sun by Catherine Chidgey as the next novel to read. (The book was first published in New Zealand as Golden Deeds.)

The Strength of the Sun

"One Sunday morning in 1988, a bite was taken from the sun."
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When Colette receives a letter from The Friends of Patrick Mercer about a man lying unconscious in a hospital on the other side of the world, she has no idea who the man might be. Why is she being written to? Patrick Mercer lies hospitalized in England, attempting to reconstruct his life through memory, dreams, and the inspiration of his treasured illuminated manuscripts. And half a world away, Colette is adjusting to new classes, a new apartment, a new job, all while the mysterious "Patrick" letters that keep arriving. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year.