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Reese Witherspoon Announces New Book Club Pick And Readers Are Thrilled

Reese Witherspoon—ever the literary aficionado- has given us another book club pick and the chatter has begun. The Oscar-winning actress...

The Oscar-winning actress and literary tastemaker revealed that the June pick is The Phoenix Pencil Company, by first-time author Allison King, another fellow LitUp member. The story hints at a smattering of magic, rushes of politics, and some long-dormant family secrets coming to light-all conjuring into the tale of a recluse coder who is confronted with the most unexpected type of adventure. For the uninitiated, Witherspoon’s book club has emerged as a powerful player in the literary world, catapulting many unknown works to bestseller lists.

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