Happy Galentine's Day!

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Happy Galentine's Day! What is Galentine's Day you ask? It's a day to celebrate female friendship created by the great Leslie Knope on Parks and Rec. Reach out to your gal-pals and celebrate your friendship! While you're at it, share this book list with them and maybe pick one of these books and read them together. Click on the book titles below for more info. 


Work Wife: the Power of Female Friendship to Drive Successful Businesses - Erica Cerulo & Claire Mazur
Giant Days - John Allison & Lissa Treiman
Paper Girls - Brian K. Vaughan & Cliff Chiang
Embroideries - Marjane Satrapi
Chemistry - Weike Wang
Not the Girls You're Looking For - Aminah Mae Safi
Conversations With Friends - Sally Rooney
Fruit of the Drunken Tree - Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Swing Time - Zadie Smith
My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Otessa Moshfegh
From Twinkle, With Love - Sandhya Menon
Sula - Toni Morrison

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