Book Club
The Book Club is a book discussion group that always welcomes new members. Books are selected by the group and discussions scheduled monthly on a Thursday morning. Childcare can be provided upon request.
Bookclub Coordinator: Cindy Scott saintvdpbookclub@saintvdp.org
Upcoming Meeting:
Book Club will be held on the second Thursday of each month from 9:30 - 10:30 am, in the West Meeting room. Everyone is welcome. There is free child care available upon request.
Please come and discuss and share insight into the monthly selection shown below.
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Date
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Title
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Author
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Rating
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August 2005
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Coincidences: Touched by a Miracle
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Bosco, Antoinette
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September 2005
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Do Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
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Powers, John
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October 2005
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The Red Tent
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Diamant, Anita
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November 2005
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Teresa of Avila
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Du Boulay, Shirley
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December 2005
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Dinner with a Perfect Stranger
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Gregory, David
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January 2006
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Twelve Apostolic Women
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Turpin, Joanne
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February 2006
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The Samurai’s Garden
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Tsukiyama, Gail
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Up
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March 2006
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The Kite Runner
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Hosseini, Khaled
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Up
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April 2006
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Nine Parts of Desire
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Brooks, Geraldine
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Up
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May 2006
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Mr. Blue
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Connolly, Miles
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Down
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June 2006
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Night
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Wiesel, Elie
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Up
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July 2006
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Living the Mass
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Chaput, Charles J.
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Up
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August 2006
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The Lamb’s Supper
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Hahn, Scott
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Up
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October 2006
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Staggerford
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Hassler, Jon
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Up
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November 2006
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My Sister’s Keeper
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Picoult, Jodi
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Up
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December 2006
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Fighting for Bread and Roses
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Coleman, Lynn
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Up
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January 2007
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Three Cups of Tea
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Mortenson, Greg
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7.1
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February 2007
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The Screwtape Letters
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Lewis, C.S.
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7.1
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March 2007
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Turning Points
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Phillips, James
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7.5
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April 2007
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The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
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Edwards, Kim
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8.3
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May 2007
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The Secret Life of Bees
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Kidd, Sue Monk
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8.0
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July 2007
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Women in Church History
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Turpin, Joanne
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6.4
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August 2007
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Between Two Worlds
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Salbi, Zainab
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7.9
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Sept. 2007
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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Hosseini, Khaled
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8.5
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Oct/Nov 2007
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The Brothers Karamazov
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Dostoevsky
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6.5
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Dec 2007
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Left to Tell
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Ilibagiza, Imaculee
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9.0
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Feb 2008
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A Long Way Home
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Beah, Ishmael
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8.4
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March 2008
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The Holy Longing
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Rolheiser, Ronald
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8.0
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April 2008
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The Alchemist
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Coelho, Paulo
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7.8
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May 2008
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The Glass Castle
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Walls, Jeannette
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7.5
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June 2008
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Christ the Lord-Out of Egypt
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Rice, Anne
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6.5
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July 2008
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The Children’s Blizzard
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Laskin, David
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6.5
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Sept. 2008
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My Antonia
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Cather, Willa
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7.8
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Oct. 2008
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The Shack
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Young,
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6.5
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Nov. 2008
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March
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Brooks, Geraldine
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7.5
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Dec. 2008
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Snow Falling on Cedars
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Guterson, David
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7.4
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Jan. 2009
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How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
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Woods, Thomas
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7.0
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Feb. 2009
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Beach Music
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Conroy, Pat
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6.3
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March 2009
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Their Eyes Were Watching God |
Neal Hurston, Zora
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5.5
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April 2009
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Anna: Woman of Miracles
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Van Vick/Haenni
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7.0
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May 2009
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The Long Loneliness
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Day, Dorothy
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5.5
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June 2009
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Red River Rising
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Shelby
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5.7
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| July 2009 | The Good Earth | Buck, Pearl S. | 8.7 |
| August 2009 | The Year of Living Biblically | Jacobs, A.J. | 7.3 |
| Sept. 2009 | When Crickets Cry | Martin, Charlie | 6.6 |
| Oct. 2009 | The Longest Trip Home | Grogan, John | 7.0 |
| Nov. 2009 | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | Shaffer, Mary Ann | 7.2 |
| Dec. 2009 | Sons | Buck, Pearl S. | 6.0 |
| Jan. 2010 | Same Kind of Different as Me | Hall/Moore | 6.1 |
| Feb. 2010 | Life on the Rock | Cavins, Jeff | 6.1 |
| March 2010 | Three Dog Life | Thomas, Abigail | 6.0 |
| April 2010 | North of Hope | Hassler, Jon | 7.0 |
| May 2010 | David Copperfield | Dickens, Charles | 6.0 |
| June 2010 | Water for Elephants | Gruen, Sara | 7.2 |
| July 2010 | House Divided | Buck, Pearl S. | 6.3 |
| August 2010 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Smith, Betty | 8.0 |
| September 2010 | Emma | Austen, Jane | 5.5 |
| October 2010 | The Book Thief | Zusak, Marcus | 9.1 |
| November 2010 | The Joyful Christian | Lewis, C.S. | 5.0 |
| December 2010 | Olive Kitteridge | Strout, Elizabeth | 7.5 |
| January 2011 | A Portrait of Jesus | Grizone, Joseph | 5.8 |
| February 2011 | The Stone Angel | Laurance, Margaret | 7.0 |
| March 2011 | The Good Good Pig | Montgomery, Sy | 7.3 |
| April 2011 | Our Lady of Kibeho |
Ilibagiza, Imaculee
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8.0 |
| May 2011 | My Life with the Saints | Martin, James | 8.0 |
| June 2011 | Sara's Key | Rushnia, Tuliane | 7.0 |
| July 2011 | Rediscovering Catholicism | Kelly, Matthew | 7.3 |
| August 2011 | Breakfast with the Pope | Vigilante, Susan | 7.8 |
| Sept. 2011 | Jack and Rochelle | Sutin, Jack and Rochelle | 7.7 |
| Oct. 2011 | The Emperors of Chocolate | Brenner, Joel | 6.8 |
| Nov. 2011 | Jubilee | Walker, Margaret | 7.6 |
| Dec. 2011 | Heaven is for Real | Burpo, Todd and Colton | 6.8 |
| January 2012 | Caleb's Crossing | Brooks, Geraldine | 8.0 |
| February 2012 | Snowflower and the Secret Fan | See, Lisa | 8.4 |
| March 2012 | Reconciliation | Morneau, Robert | 6.0 |
| April 2012 | Following Jesus | Shea, John | 8.5 |
| May 2012 | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | Skloot, Rebecca | 7.8 |
| June 2012 | Good Girls/Bad Girls Twelve Women of the Old Testament | Wray,T.J. | 7.0 |
| July 2012 | The Last Town on Earth | Mullen, Thomas | 6.3 |
| August 2012 | Death Comes for the Archbishop | Cather, Willa | 7.5 |
| September 2012 | The Touch | Wallace, Randall | 7.0 |
| October 2012 | Fire Within | Dubay, Fr. Thomas | NA |
| November 2012 | A Green Journey | Hassler, Jon | 6.0 |
| December 2012 | Dawn of the Messiah | Sri, Edward | 8.8 |
| January 2013 | Madonnas of Leningrad | Dean, Debra | 7.3 |
| February 2013 | Kindred | Butler, Octavia | 7.5 |
| March 2013 | The Prodigal Son | Nowen, Henry | 6.8 |
| April 2013 | Behind the Beautiful Forevers | Boo, Katherine | 7.0 |
| May 2013 | The Great Gatsby | Fitzgerald, F. Scott | 8.0 |
| June/July 2013 | Saint Joan of Arc | Twain, Mark | 8.8 |
| August 2013 | Nineteen Minutes | Picoult, Jodi | NA |
| September 2013 | A People of Hope | Dolan, Timothy | 8.0 |
| October 2013 | Out Stealing Horses | Pettersen, Per | 6.5 |
| November 2013 | A Good Man | Shriver, Mark | 8.0 |
| December 2013 | The women of Christmas | Higgs, Liz Curtis | -- |
| January 2014 | The women of Christmas | Higgs, Liz Curtis | 7.2 |
| February 2014 | Finding True Happiness | Sheen, Foultan | 7.8 |
| March 2014 | The Miracle of Father Kapaun | Wenzl, Roy | 8.1 |
| April 2014 | The Jesuits guide to almost everything | Martin, James | 8.0 |
| May 2014 | The Girl You Left Behind | Moyes, JoJo | 8.0 |
| June 2014 | The Time Keeper | Albom, Mitch | 6.8 |
| September 2014 | Sister Kenny | Cohn, Victor | 6.5 |
| October 2014 | Invention of Wings | Kidd, Sue Monk | 7.9 |
| November 2014 | Orphan Train | Baker-Kline, Christina | 7.6 |
| December 2014 | The Christmas Box | Evans, Richard Paul | |
| January 2015 | Rome Sweet Home | ||
| February 2015 |