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A Long Time Gone
A Long Time Gone | Karen White
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“We Walker women were born screaming into this world, the beginning of a lifelong quest to find what would quiet us. But whatever drove us away was never stronger than the pull of what brought us back....” When Vivien Walker left her home in the Mississippi Delta, she swore never to go back, as generations of the women in her family had. But in the spring, nine years to the day since she’d left, that’s exactly what happens—Vivien returns, fleeing from a broken marriage and her lost dreams for children. What she hopes to find is solace with “Bootsie,” her dear grandmother who raised her, a Walker woman with a knack for making everything all right. But instead she finds that her grandmother has died and that her estranged mother is drifting further away from her memories. Now Vivien is forced into the unexpected role of caretaker, challenging her personal quest to find the girl she herself once was. But for Vivien things change in ways she cannot imagine when a violent storm reveals the remains of a long-dead woman buried near the Walker home, not far from the cypress swamp that is soon to give up its ghosts. Vivien knows there is now only one way to rediscover herself—by uncovering the secrets of her family and breaking the cycle of loss that has haunted them for generations.
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A Long Time Gone | Karen White
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MYSTERY - CHICK LIT - SOUTHERN

Mothers staying, mothers leaving, daughters staying, daughters leaving.

When Vivian Walker returns after nine years, she happens upon the scene of an uprooted tree with human bones exposed. She also finds her mother who is in the early stages of dementia.

Whose bones could they be? Why did the skeleton have half of a necklace that when complete would say: I Love You Forever.

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Mshookquilts
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A long listen, almost 17 hours, so plan accordingly. A history of a family told through 4 generations of women and how their hurts & mysteries affected future generations and also what healed them.

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Crazeedi
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I've read several by this author. I actually read this in 2014! But worth it!
#bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 3y
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#LITERARYLUCK
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@Vkois88

Today‘s Prompt: TURN BACK TIME

Another FABULOUS book by Karen White...A LONG TIME GONE.

DO NOT miss reading this book.

Full review here: https://bit.ly/2Upr7pj

A LONG TIME GONE moves back and forth ​from 1923 to 2013 following the Walker women with their secrets and their reasons for leaving and coming back to their families.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks On my tbr shelf!!! 💚💚 6y
SilversReviews @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I hope you love it when you read it. Thanks for commenting. 6y
vkois88 🖒🖒🖒 6y
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the-flashley
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Wow it‘s been forever since I posted anything on Litsy, but with a move and a trip overseas life has been seriously hectic. @aschermetz I just wanted to let you know that I did receive your book the other day! I really need to get back into the reading groove and finish these #lmpbc reads. Like, for real, I‘m pretty sure the rest of the world has moved onto round 4 without me.😅 Anyway here‘s a little bit of puppy love and a promise to catch up!

aschermetz Hi love! No worries. I‘m still finishing up YOUR book choice and then I‘ll send it to you! Hope you are doing well! 6y
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mnsreid
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As I started this book I honestly thought it was a bit slow for my liking however I ended up loving this book. It‘s not a big blockbuster of a book, a bit more of a slow burn. Karen White always writes a book that makes me feel like I‘m right there with the characters.

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aliasNayNay
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A Long Time Gone is a story that covers 4 generations of women dealing with love, lost, regrets, sorrow and joy. It centered around the Walker women and the Walker home, and how each generation is affected by the one past. It was a well written story and I was always ready to move on to the next chapter.

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Judybskt
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Loved this! Another favorite!!

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Judybskt
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Thank goodness I have a big tbr pile! I've been reading a lot while trying to get better! This one looks good.