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This 1950s America tale about the effects of a local writer, a small town & a book they think is written about them was a revelation. Though the premise seemed like Miss Buncle, this is different. It is darker but still small town odd/quirky. In the midst of drama, humor.
It gets to the heart of people being people and how small towns are special.

Loved it.

Huge thanks to @Jess_Read_This for gifting it!

imho, @LeahBergen needs this book.

“People‘s people, only in a small town more so. She wrote about people”. 5⭐️

Faith Goodbind wrote about people. And the people of Two River Junction thought she was writing about them. They read the book and saw all their secrets laid bare. The entire town is in an uproar and Faith has no idea. We see the fallout, redemption, and recovery. There is also humor to balance out some of the seriousness. Highly recommend!

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My first buddy read of 2022. It‘s about a young author who has written a book about people in a small town. When people in her town read the novel they begin to identify themselves as the leading characters and “hidden tensions erupt from beneath the surface of village life”. It sounds a bit “Miss Buncle-esque” to me? I could be entirely wrong in my first impression from the book flap.

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