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Indy Now Book Club Features August 3, 2022: Good Reads About Money

The Indianapolis Public Library is thrilled to help host a 'book club' on the Indy Now Morning Show with Ryan and Jillian. Tune in at 10am every other Wednesday to catch book recommendations and IndyPL program highlights from your own local librarians. On August 3rd, public services librarian Rachel Wood shared 5 of her favorite books with ties to money. Each of those books is listed below (along with a paraphrase of the recommendation). #IndyNowBookClub #IndyPLAdults

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  • Maid

    Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive

    Land, Stephanie, 1978-
    This book might look familiar to viewers or familiar to you, because it is actually a Netflix show right now. It is based on Stephanie Land's life. She became a maid when she became unexpectedly pregnant when she was in college and she…
    BookNew York : Hachette Books, 2019. — B Land, Stephanie LAN
  • I have been billing this book as 'Robin Hoods' meets 'Hustlers.' There is this woman named Maribel Riviera and she runs a health clinic and she bankrolls the clinic with an evening job where she meets wealthy clients. Sometimes they donate…
    BookNew York, NY : Dafina Books, [2016] — URBAN FIC DEL
  • If you want another suspense read that's a little cozier, a little more family friendly, I brought Ellen Raskin's The Westing Game. It is a children's novel, it won the Newberry Award in the 70s, but it has a lot of adult appeal. Neil…
    BookNew York : Puffin Books : Dutton Children's Books : Speak, 1992. — J FIC RAS
  • Six of Crows is a fantasy heist novel, so if you like heists, think Ocean's 11, go for that!
    BookNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2015. — TEEN FIC BAR
  • Debt

    the First 5,000 Years

    Graeber, David
    Debt is nonfiction so if you're really into economic reads and learning the history of debt and credit in the United States, you can go for that.
    BookBrooklyn, N.Y. : Melville House, [2011] — 332 GRA