"Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?" We begin this week's discussion with our Theme of the Week: The Butterfly Effect. How much does today affect our future? There's a theory that we'll do our best to break down. Then, on to our book...
From halfway around the world, an Egyptian archeologist is desperate to uncover the mystery that led to her younger sister's death at the hands of a suicide bomber IN CAIRO.
The archeologist: Rose Hatfield
The Book: A Pure Heart: A Novel by Rajia Hassib
LET'S GET LIT!
Sources for this week's theme:
American Scientist: https://www.americanscientist.org/article/understanding-the-butterfly-effect
Farnam Street: https://fs.blog/the-butterfly-effect/#:~:text=Although%20the%20concept%20of%20the,disciplines%20to%20create%20chaos%20theory.
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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail by Malika Oufkir and Michèle Fitoussi
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (Part 2)
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (Part 1)
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, by Susan Jeffers
Charlotte's Web, by E. B. White
Such a Fun Age, by Kiley Reid
Sula, by Toni Morrison
Bonus: The Chat We Couldn't Fit Into Our Last Episode, Catch And Kill by Ronan Farrow
Catch and Kill, by Ronan Farrow
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
My Sister the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Educated, by Tara Westover
Animal Farm, by George Orwell
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