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As if clunky transitions, poor balance, and the book within the book ultimately being underwhelming weren‘t enough, then the total white washing of 1940s South Carolina was appalling. Every book doesn‘t have to tackle social justice, but one set deep in Jim Crow and taking pains to examine white prejudice against other whites (the Italian POWs “look just like us” WOW) should, rather than calling enslaved people “workers.” Gross.

Thank you so much @Deblovestoread That is my absolute favorite tea, and the candle smells amazing. The socks are really cute and so are the bookmarks. I can't wait to read the books. The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare is especially gorgeous. And I love the Twix 😺
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This book was a bit of an emotional roller coaster from curiousity, hope, sadness, frustration, confusion sometimes, and back to hope. It cracked my already grieving heart, missing my own mother. I was all over the map of this book, originally chosen for a challenge because of the gorgeous cover and the added bonus of being set in Savannah and Tybee (NC too) where I went on vacation, which amplifies the experience for me.

In the mid 1500s, Alis and her parents make the long journey from England to Virginia - immediately there are conflicts with the Roanoke community, of which young Kimi is a member. The 2 girls form a sweet (secret) friendship, and despite their different backgrounds and languages, they learn to communicate with each other. The ending is a lovely surprise too.

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#20in4Readathon Day 1

Thanks for the recommendation #OverBookedClub. I enjoyed this, but it was a slow burn and therefore not everyone‘s cup of tea.

A beautiful, reflective story about the legacies we receive from our mothers, and pass down down to our daughters. Although the book does speculate about the fate of Eleanor Dare and the lost colony of Roanoke, the true focus is on the common threads connecting generations of women within families. Hopes, dreams, struggles, grief, secrets kept and revealed, advice and wisdom weave their way through the generations.
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This started really good then it seemed to lose its way hard to put a reason other than it was pulling me in and then it was not… however I loved looking up the true history of it all! Thanks @megnews I would have never found this on my own and diving deeper into a subject I had a tiny bit of knowledge was a gift.