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March is finally here and so is Reese Witherspoon’s book club pick!
On Instagram, the actress revealed that her third pick of the year is Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall.
“The March @reesesbookclub pick is here, and you’re going to LOSE YOUR CHICKEN over it! 🤯” Witherpoon wrote in the caption. “Broken Country by @clarelesliehall is a gripping mix of thrilling murder mystery, and a once-in-a-lifetime chance to relive your truest love story all over again… plus, that ending?! I did NOT see it coming!”
The novel tells the story of a young couple, Beth and Frank, set in the 1950s in Dorset, England. “The daughter of the sheep farmers falls in love with the rich boy in the fancy house,” Witherspoon teased of the plot.
Plus, a major plot twist awaits readers at the end. “There’s a murder!” she said. “And we don’t know who it is until the very end and it’s shocking and you can’t believe the ending. I totally didn’t guess it.”
“I love this book so much,” she added, hugging the book tightly.
‘Broken Country’ by Clare Leslie Hall
In the official synopsis, we learn that Beth and Frank’s happily married life gets shaken up when “Beth’s brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheep.”
“Beth doesn’t realize that the gunshot will alter the course of their lives,” the description continues. “For the dog belonged to none other than Gabriel Wolfe, the man Beth loved as a teenager—the man who broke her heart years ago. Gabriel has returned to the village with his young son Leo, a boy who reminds Beth very much of her own son, who died in a tragic accident.”
“As Beth is pulled back into Gabriel’s life, tensions around the village rise and dangerous secrets and jealousies from the past resurface, this time with deadly consequences,” it teases. “Beth is forced to make a choice between the woman she once was, and the woman she has become.”
Witherspoon’s latest pick is available now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org. Get your copy today!
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