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This month we will be reading Eureka by Jim Lehrer. An aging Eureka, Kansas insurance executive relives his youth with disastrous and hilarious results. Approaching 60, Otis Halstead reaches his midlife crisis by going on a shopping spree of items he's always wanted, like a miniature fire truck ($12,000), a BB gun and a motor scooter. A co-worker's death provides the impetus for Otis to mount the scooter and leave town. Calamity gives way to poignancy in this fun story that celebrates the ordinary and gives us characters that stay with the reader.