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The Last Runaway
The Last Runaway | Tracy Chevalier
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The stunning new novel from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring - this eBook features exclusive extra content by the author.
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rachaich
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Really wanted to keep reading this.
I liked the female lead, I wanted to know more about her friendships with Belle, then Dorcas.
I had such sympathy for her as she adapted and coped with everything. The addition of the slavery aspect wasn't the main story, it is part of it, and that was so well written.

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rachaich
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Reading in the sunshine, bliss 🕶🌻🌼😊😍😎

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megnews
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1. Most of my recommendations will be historical fiction. The tagged book is a favorite set in 1850s Ohio; a young woman helps runaway enslaved persons make their way to freedom.
2. I should be representing Cleveland and all the great things we have here, but I have to say don‘t miss the NURRFC in Cincinnati. While in Cincinnati there are several other great museums in the old Union Station.
#TravelTuesday #RoadTripUSA2022

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LibraryCin
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The author had to do a lot of research on a lot of different things, including Quakers, quilting, Ohio, and the Underground Railroad. I quite liked it, but I never did figure out the odd attraction she had for one character. I did love Belle! I‘m not a quilter or sewer, so I found the Underground Railroad and the Quakers more interesting.

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Texreader
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The ebook looks good. On sale today for $1.99

squirrelbrain I really liked this one- definitely a good buy at that price! 4y
Gogobooks Thanks for the heads up 4y
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squirrelbrain
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I always love Chevalier‘s books for the way that I learn something about a specific subject, as well as being interesting and absorbing to read.

This time the subjects were Quakers and the Underground Railroad, as we followed Honor Bright adapting to an unexpected life in America, far away from home in Dorset.

Highly recommended as a great historical fiction read.

#bookspinbingo - I got a bingo!

MsMelissa It‘s been years since I‘ve read a Chevalier book, but I have at least two or three unread on my shelves, including this one. Glad you enjoyed it. 4y
TheAromaofBooks Yay bingo!!!!! 4y
KVanRead Bingo! 👏👏👏 4y
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Caroline2 Sounds great...stacked! 😉 4y
Caroline2 Hey Helen! Just checked my emails to see if you replied yet but then thought I‘d check my sent mail to see when I sent it and there was nothing there?! It got saved into drafts rather than being sent!!! 🤦‍♀️ so sorry! I‘ve just sent it but it should have been sent on 10th sept?! No idea what happened there?! 🤷‍♀️ 4y
squirrelbrain Silly sausage! @Caroline2 🤪 Got it now - I‘ll reply soon..... day off on Weds this week.... (edited) 4y
Caroline2 Yeah sorry about that!! It‘s prob really old news now!! 😆 🤦‍♀️ 4y
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FeatherV
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We all have that one book that's been on our list forever, right? This week I pulled that book off my parent's bookshelf...do yourself a favor, pick up the book that's been on your list forever...there's a reason it's still on your list #readinglist #thelastrunaway #tracychevalier #moving #readit!
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When you find one on your list in your moms bookshelf! #bookworm #familybookclub📚 #loveit #tracychevalier #thelastrunaway #currentlyreading
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Helen19
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On my TBR but hoping to get to it soon. #flyhighjuly #beingfree Honor Bright is a sheltered Quaker who has rarely ventured out of 1850s Dorset when she impulsively emigrates to America. Opposed to the slavery that defines and divides the country, she finds her principles tested to the limit when a runaway slave appears at the farm of her new family.

Eggs Another great choice—I 💗 Tracy chevalier❣️ 4y
Helen19 @Eggs I‘m slowly working my way through her whole collection :) 4y
Eggs Good for you-I love going off on author tangents 🤗 @Helen19 4y
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squirrelbrain
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#ispy with my little eye a book with a moon on the cover. Thanks for the tag @4thhouseontheleft 😘

Would you like to carry on @charl08 @erzascarletbookgasm @Caroline2 ? Can you spy a book with a beach on the front cover? 🏝

erzascarletbookgasm Thanks for the tag! Will go look for 🏝 5y
Caroline2 Oh what a great cover! Thanks for the tag...I‘ll have a look for a beach...? 🤔 5y
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Andrew65
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Sleep wouldn‘t come overnight so started listening to The Last Runaway. This book will cover #Ohio for my #SeparatedbyaPondTour. A book I‘ve wanted to read for a while.

ljuliel I like the name of your challenge. You started with my state 👍🏼 5y
Andrew65 @ljuliel Tried to be creative with the title. 😊 Where in Ohio do you live? (edited) 5y
ljuliel I line in northeast Ohio , about 50 miles south of Cleveland. 5y
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Andrew65 @ljuliel Whoops, That should have said live! 😔 In the book I‘m based around Wellington at the moment. 5y
ljuliel Oh, I didn‘t know that‘s where the book was set ! We used to go camping a lot up there at a state park. It‘s a pretty little town . (edited) 5y
TheAromaofBooks I'm an Ohioan as well - haven't been in Wellington, but there is a state park near there that we have visited. Much flatter up there than where we live (SE Ohio) I think I may have missed the info for #SeparatedbyaPondTour - I assume it's a reading challenge? What is it all about? 5y
ljuliel @TheAromaofBooks Findlay , right ? A large group of my family might live in your neck of the woods. Beverly , Waterford ? Have you heard of it ? 5y
TheAromaofBooks @ljuliel - not that far east, although we have been through that area a lot!! We're where Perry, Hocking, & Fairfield Counties all come together, east of Lancaster. Nearby Bremen claims to be the Gateway to the Hocking Hills, although that's a bit of a stretch. 😆 5y
Andrew65 @TheAromaofBooks #SeparatedbyaPond is a challenge I set up on Librarything to read books set in all the countries referred to as the other side of the pond. For this we are aiming to visit each state in the US, each province in Canada and each county /region in England, Scotland, Wales, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. This is the link to the group. http://www.librarything.com/topic/314751 5y
Andrew65 @TheAromaofBooks No reason why we couldn‘t bring this to Litsy if you were interested. Last year we aimed to Read a book published each year over the last 100 years. (edited) 5y
ljuliel Hocking Hills area is beautiful. I don‘t know if I‘ve been in the exact location where you are , but close. @TheAromaofBooks 5y
Andrew65 @TheAromaofBooks I think it was @ljuliel who helped germinate this thought in my head when she posted about her US states challenge. 5y
Andrew65 Great to bring Ohioans together. 😁 @ljuliel @TheAromaofBooks 5y
ljuliel Thanks @Andrew65 We live quite a distance apart ( maybe 3 hours ? ) . I didn‘t know she lived here too. @TheAromaofBooks 5y
TheAromaofBooks So are you working together as a team to accomplish this goal, or is everyone trying to do it on their own? Honestly, just seeing the list of counties/regions/etc was intriguing. I need a better map of Great Britain et al. Whenever I'm reading stories and they're dashing from Cheshire to Dorset, I have literally no concept of what that means! 5y
TheAromaofBooks @ljuliel - yes, it's about 3hrs from here to Cleveland. We've made the drive a few times to watch sad Browns games. 😁 5y
Andrew65 @TheAromaofBooks A bit of both, we do it collectively but some of us (like me) also do it as an individual. It does help improve geography knowledge. Google come into its own. 😂 5y
Andrew65 @ljuliel 3 hours away from each other, that must be near neighbours in a country as large as the US. @TheAromaofBooks (edited) 5y
megnews @ljuliel @TheAromaofBooks @Andrew65 Hello fellow Ohioans! I‘m right down the road from Wellington, in Oberlin, another setting for the book. I believe Tracy Chevalier went to Oberlin college. I‘ve read a few by her. Really good. She has another good one set in Ohio, 5y
Crazeedi @Andrew65 Ineed to look into yourLT group! I love the 100 year idea 5y
ljuliel @megnews Hello to another Buckeye. 😊. Oberlin is a beautiful town. We‘ve driven through there before. I wondered about the setting for this , but that explains it. The only one of hers I‘ve read was set in the UK, I think. I can‘t remember the exact area but it had a beach and cliff rocks along the edge. @TheAromaofBooks (edited) 5y
Andrew65 @Crazeedi Just about managed the 100 years, finished the last book on 31st December! 5y
Andrew65 @megnews Yes, they‘ve just been to Oberlin! The book you read @ljuliel must have been Remarkable Creatures about Mary Annin a famous fossil collector. That was a good book. She did go to Oberlin College @megnews where she was taught by Ray Bradbury and Rose Tremain - amazing what you can learn when you can‘t sleep! @TheAromaofBooks (edited) 5y
Andrew65 @Crazeedi Have sent you invites. :) 5y
TheAromaofBooks I think I probably will slowly work my way through your #SeparatedbyaPondTour just because that's the kind of thing I enjoy. I'll probably mostly do it backwards, though - read a book and then see where it fits!! So where on the other side of the pond are you? 5y
Andrew65 @TheAromaofBooks I usually do it that way too until knocked a fair few off. We‘re in Yorkshire (northern England) although London born and bred. 5y
TheAromaofBooks Yorkshire always makes me think of James Herriot. And now we've exhausted my Yorkshire knowledge. 😁 5y
Andrew65 @TheAromaofBooks In English terms Yorkshire is one of the biggest counties. The area James Herriot lived in (Thirsk) is about an hours drive away. 5y
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Coleen
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While I tend to like Tracy Chevalier‘s older books better, this was still a good read about a young Quaker woman in the 1800‘s who moves from England to the U.S. and has to adapt to a new country with new ideals. Unwittingly, she also finds herself thrust in the midst of the Underground Railroad.

Bookartbookmarks I love her books. 6y
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Kelican17
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Listy photo dump Post #1. Although I haven‘t been posting (at all, really) i have been reading (not much). Don‘t judge, please (teaching is exhausting).
I enjoyed this book- history, new beginnings, strong women. Right up my alley.

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Mshookquilts
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A friend gave this to me because of the underlying quilts in the story. But, I loved it all the way through. An English woman learns how to continue as an American with all our complexities after becoming involved in the Underground Railroad

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kellock
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I liked it. It enjoyed the letters in between the chapters. I was convinced I knew how it would end but turns out I didn't. I like it when that happens!

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pazhermana
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beautiful and captivating writing, as always. not as impressive to me as The Virgin Blue, but still an amazing read!

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kellock
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I've made a fair dent in this today, it's too muggy outside so reading seemed like the best option. I'm liking this book, I'm especially liking the character of Belle, hoping she appears more.

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kellock
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I don't know how long this has been on my shelf but I thought it was about time I read it. I enjoyed the other Chevalier novel I read so I'm hopeful. Plus I love anything set in the past!

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TheatreSpaz
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Waiting out a minor head injury: always gonna be not a lot of fun; HOWEVER, add some cats and an interesting book and it's not too terrible.

Tanzy13 🐱🐱 7y
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BritanyA
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⭐️⭐️⭐️: Honor Bright leaves England for a new life in 1850 America, amidst the battle of slavery. This book was good, but didn't go too far below the surface for me. I enjoyed the book but found it too light given the topic. #Chevalier #HistoricalFiction

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Ber135
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First 5-star book of 2017 and what a start! Love triangle and adventurous slavery times. OMG, I'm so in love with this book! It just reminded me of the Invention of Wings bys Sue Monk Kidd, another 5-star and on the same storyline

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SharonGoforth
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Picked these up from the library's sale shelf today - only $5!!

Gulfsidemusing Great haul! Added The Secret Wisdom of the Earth to my list this week (thanks to @MrBook ) and enjoyed both The Last Runaway and the Julia Glass on audio! 📚 8y
MrBook 😁😁😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻! I hope you enjoy it! 8y
Megabooks 👍🏻👍🏻 8y
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Lauraelise42
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I love the perspective Chevalier brings on the lives (and power) of women at various points in history. This story is set where I grew up- outside of Oberlin in rural Ohio. I grew up knowing that Oberlin had been active in the Underground Railroad. Great to read a story imagining it.

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Suzy200
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First book I read by this author. I loved it. It's a historic romance that I found interesting and believable without being silly & soppy. I learnt a lot about the southern US slave era and the choices people can make to improve the lives of others. Great read.