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I love Elizabeth Strout‘s characters and have been reading her canon in a random sequence. Lucy Barton intrigues me most so it was great to return to Lucy‘s hometown of Amgash, Ill and read 9 short stories of those who intersected her life (some significant, others inconsequential) as a child and teen. I understand Lucy so much better even though she is the MC to one short story. And ohh, her cousin, Abel 🥰

Nov #BookSpin Cat: pub 2016-19

If the right person
believes in you, anything
becomes possible. ♥️

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A gorgeous little book. The summer nonfiction workshop I‘m taking starts tomorrow and we will be discussing this book on Friday.

Went to the bookstore for the tagged book…and since I was there, I had to visit the sale section (of course) which is where I found the other two books. So, I suppose this is also my periodic reminder that if you ever find yourself in Chicago and want to visit a bookstore, Unabridged Bookstore is fantastic and their sale section always has great deals.

Linked stories about the people in the rural area of Amgash. Most of the people grew up poor, and we see how this impacts them in adulthood. There‘s several stories covering child abuse.

This is a book in the Lucy Barton series and she‘s mentioned a couple of times and shows up in one

The Elizabeth Strout and Kimberly Farr audiobook dream-team has done it again!
These books make me think more kindly towards people.

I read this one as a possible birthday gift for the nephew who loves The Big Book of John Deere Tractors. JD, himself, was no longer living when JD, the company, started making tractors. John was a blacksmith who invented the first steel plow and later founded Deere & Company.

Finished February 16, 2025.

Can you believe we are two-thirds through February already? Soon it will be March and time to celebrate the birthdays of all these lovely Littens!

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