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Last night I finished Margot Lee Shetterley's Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space. The book turned out to be a very interesting (and new to me) perspective of civil rights from the view of successful, educated, and employed women. As I understand it, the film took a few small episodes from the book and dramatized them for effect. As a teacher, lover of space and proponent of STEM in schools, I am better for having read it.
This morning, I finished Ron Rash's Serena. This book had more murder than any crime novel I've ever read. It was decidedly Southern and decidedly gothic. It was also an excellent read.
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