“You taught me so much.

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Reese Witherspoons latest book club pick is special for a number of reasons.

“This is gonna make me cry,” she continued.

Reese Witherspoon

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“You taught me so much.

You saw something in me and encouraged me.”

“And you were still navigating … the cliques and the casual cruelty of high school.”

Renkl is not your ordinary retired high school English teacher.

Witherspoon offered a synopsis of her latest book onInstagram.

And I think this could not be more timely.

Welcome to the club!