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#MoreMehThanYeah - I thought this was going to be special but in the end it was quite ordinary- just another coming of age story revolving around a set of sisters in the summer of 1985. As a young neighborhood girl goes missing, sisters Bee & Audrina come to realize their quiet little neighborhood isn‘t the safe haven they imagined. #BorrowNotBuy

Winn vividly captured the angst and awkwardness of adolescence, along with the cruelties and love shared within a bond between sisters. She managed to keep the story suspenseful with both the mystery and the dark hints of Audrina‘s looming fate. But the tale is driven more by the authentic drama it encapsulates than anything else. Readers are given morsels of wisdom tinged with remorse, as it was all hard won and delayed learning for Bee.

#BedSideBooks Just started the tagged book - set in the summer of 1985 - a quiet suburban neighborhood is shocked & terrified when a little 4 year old girl goes missing. It‘s a page-turner!!

A bit more of a coming of age story than I was expecting but a very solid debut novel. I thought it was well written and would definitely read more by Karen Winn. Thank you, NetGalley for the ARC to review and sorry it took me so long to get to it😊

Saturday was my birthday and my husband game me some new books!

It‘s the summer of ‘85 & four-year-old Sally goes missing. Everyone was there. Then… everything happens. Life. A town in turmoil. A family that isn‘t as together as it seems. Yup, Life. And it‘s all it should be - good, bad, and tragic. I love the simplicity of this book. It‘s a taut tale of life sprinkled with immense tragedy. Winn foreshadows it. The reader knows it‘s coming. And it still took me by surprise. 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆𝗠𝗮𝗴𝘀.𝗰𝗼𝗺

This is a coming of age story at it‘s core, but has a strong literary mystery. This is a powerful story that will give you a knot in your stomach as the story progresses. It can only be this way because of the way Winn makes you feel part of this family. I am not sure why I am not seeing this on must read lists, at least yet, but it definitely is in my opinion. Take a chance on this, I don‘t think you will regret it.

Now Available! 🥳🎉📚

Book Review- https://www.boleybooks.com/2022/02/18/our-little-world/

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