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BOOK CLUB: THE NEXT CHAPTER

directed by Bill Holderman

he last time the book club of Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen convened, their characters found reading a life-changing experience.. No, the book doesn’t go there, but its theme of “finding one’s destiny” runs artlessly throughout this tried and tested tale of a group of older women discovering their true selves abroad.

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