Fought Over Any Good Books Lately?

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  • Author(s): Kaufman, Joanne
  • Source:
    New York Times. 12/7/2008, Vol. 158 Issue 54517, p1. 0p.
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    • Subject Terms:
      BOWIE, Jocelyn; MANAGEMENT; WINFREY, Oprah, 1954-
    • Subject Terms:
      BLOOMINGTON (Ind.); INDIANA
    • Abstract:
      JOCELYN BOWIE was thrilled by the invitation to join a book group. She had just returned to her hometown, Bloomington, Ind., to take an administration job at Indiana University, and thought she had won a ticket to a top echelon. ''I was hoping to network with all these women in upper-level jobs at I.U., then I found they were in the book group,'' she said. ''I thought, 'Great! They'll see how wonderful I am, and we'll have these great conversations about books.' '' Ms. Bowie cannot pinpoint the precise moment when disillusion replaced delight. Maybe it was the evening she tried to persuade everyone to look beyond Oprah Winfrey's picks, ''and they all said 'What's wrong with Oprah?' '' she said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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