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The Witch of Blackbird Pond | Elizabeth George Speare

#CHILDRENSCLASSICREAD2024

OCTOBER https://dn790006.ca.archive.org/0/items/TheWitchOfBlackbirdPond/witch.pdf

NOVEMBER https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37952/37952-h/37952-h.htm

DECEMBER https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.531470

2024 schedule https://bookhippie.com/index.php/2023/10/01/childrens-classic-read-2024/

Sace I‘m really looking forward to the October read. 8h

willaful Have you decided on the 2025 schedule yet? The book Mandy featured in something I just read and now I want to try it.

Mandy

TheBookHippie @willaful I‘m writing schedule up now! Mandy is a wonderful read and I‘m glad you said something- let‘s add it to 2025! I‘ve not read it since I read it to my daughter when she was young. And I read it when I was young too. But it‘s been DECADES!!! 6h

TheBookHippie @Sace me too!!!! 6h

willaful @TheBookHippie Awesome, thanks! 5h

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Bring Me Your Midnight | Rachel Griffin

#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD

OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER

2024 schedule:
https://bookhippie.com/index.php/2023/10/01/2024-sunday-buddy-read/

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Gilmore Girls: The Official Cookbook | Elena Craig, Kristen Mulrooney

Danish Day GILMORE FRIDAY

Not pic perfect but are yummmmm
Next time I‘ll perfect them a bit 🤣🤷🏻‍♀️

Happy Friday !

#mtcookbook

Tamra Definitely a YUM! 1d

IndoorDame 😋😋😋😋 1d

Suet624 Yum! 1d

mabell Fabulous! Those look delicious! 1d

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The Witch of Blackbird Pond | Elizabeth George Speare

📖 https://ia601306.us.archive.org/15/items/TheWitchOfBlackbirdPond/witch.pdf

#childrensclassicread2024 OCTOBER 🧹

Everyone welcome!

2024 list https://bookhippie.com/index.php/2023/10/01/childrens-classic-read-2024/

2025 list drops October 1st

Read4life Looking forward to seeing the list for 2025!! 🤓 1d

mcctrish I‘m in for this 1d

TheBookHippie @mcctrish yay!!! 1d

TheBookHippie @Read4life 🙃 1d

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Chicago: a satire | Thomas P. Johnson, Lawrence J. Gutter Collection of Chicagoana (University of Illinois at Chicago)

1. Gnocchi & espresso
2. Long mornings with Mr BookHippie
3. Saturday night 🎶🎶🎶🎶♥️
4. Cannoli
5. New acrylic canvas painting of my love 🏙️hanging in my dining room ♥️ a surprise from Mr BookHippie on our last day in the city.

#5JOYSFRIDAY

DebinHawaii

IndoorDame Sounds like heaven 💜 2d

TheBookHippie @IndoorDame definitely was. ♥️ 2d

Lesliereadsalot Such a fun time for you guys! I love Wrigley Field and used to have season tix (before the kids when I could go to a million games) 1d

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AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 1d

Deblovestoread 💜💜💜 1d

kspenmoll Yay for long mornings with M. BH ! 1d

DebinHawaii Wonderful list of joys & great pictures.💛💛💛 I can‘t help thinking “… leave the gun, take the cannoli.” 😆 Thanks for sharing & spreading the joy! 🤗 (edited) 19h

TheBookHippie @DebinHawaii I say it every time I eat a cannoli!! 11h

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The True Adventures of Esther the Wonder Pig | Caprice Crane, Steve Jenkins, Derek Walter

🐷🐖🐽 so much joy
I loved these books.

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#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

Well- I did better than I thought!
1. Michael Corleone
2. Cruella
3. Eve

Honourable mention to wire hangers, rabbit in pot and
🎵🎶 One, two, Freddy's coming for you
Three, four, better lock your door
Five, six, grab your crucifix
Seven, eight, gonna stay up late
Nine, ten, never sleep again🎵🎶

lil1inblue Love your honourable mentions. 😅 2d

TheBookHippie @lil1inblue 🤣😅😬 2d

dabbe Those HMs = #priceless! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩶🧡🩶 2d

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Bookshelves and Books | Alfred H. Wall

At the last minute 😬😵‍💫😬 day before deadline 😅

#Book2book books heading to post 🤦🏻‍♀️

@kspenmoll @julieclair @Daisey @Bookish_Gal @KateReadsYA they are headed your way via media mail 💌

KateReadsYA Yay. Can't wait! 3d

julieclair Yay! And…. deadline, schmedline. You are sending us free books! 👍👍😀😀😀 3d

Daisey Yay! It just means we get more days of enjoying book mail! 3d

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The Wednesdays | Julie Bourbeau

I don‘t like pink -😝🌸😝
yet the wildflowers came up pink this year🌸🤣🌸
🐝at least the bees are happy 🐝

#whatsnewwednesday
@alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @read4life
@TieDyeDude

Special shout out to @Sleepswithbooks who thinks my aura is pink 😘

TieDyeDude 😅 3d

Sleepswithbooks @TheBookHippie - You‘re name should be @PinkieTuscardero!!!!! 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷 3d

Read4life 🩷🌸🩷 3d

ShelleyBooksie I LOVE pink - the flowers are all so beautiful! 3d

julieclair Gorgeous photos! And gorgeous pink flowers. 😘 3d

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1. I‘m here. I woke up breathing this side of the grass. That‘s all anyone needs to have purpose. Be here.
2. Currently this coffee is bringing me joy. Seeing the morning sun shine on my plants and Winnie next to me snoring.
3. THE FORTY ELEPHANTS 🐘💍💎
Inspired by the true story of ALICE DIAMOND and the Forty Elephants, the first all-female gang of London
ERIN BLEDSOE

Lesliereadsalot “This side of the grass” made me laugh! 3d

dabbe #1: 🎯. 3d

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No Ordinary Time: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II | Doris Kearns Goodwin

pick

Finished this morning!!! It‘s a chunkster.
It‘s very well done. If you like Eleanor and or FDR I recommend it.

JenReadsAlot I recently read this and met her at the national book festival and she was wonderful! 3d

JenReadsAlot Oh I lied lol. I didn't look at the picture close enough I read her new book! 3d

TheBookHippie @JenReadsAlot ohhh yes I want to read that!!! About the 1960s yes? 3d

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Read4life Love your booksleeve! 💙☕️💙 3d

JenReadsAlot Yes and a lot about her husband serving in JFK and LBJ administrations. 3d

TheBookHippie @JenReadsAlot yup need to read it! 3d

TheBookHippie @Read4life thanks!! I love booksleeves and coffee 🙃 3d

Read4life Same! 🤓 3d

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#yiddish #weirdwordwednesday 💔

Oh, that my head were water,
My eyes a fount of tears!
Then would I weep day and night
For the slain of my poor people.

Jeremiah 8:23

Getroyert: To be sad, grieve, mourn

IndoorDame 🕊️🤍 4d

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Jane Eyre | Charlotte Bront�

1. Solitude
I was born with an innate strong will ✊🏼
2. Jane 🙃

#TWO4Tuesday

TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing 🌞 4d

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Ruth: a novel | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

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I‘ll just say this….
Reading this now 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫
Honestly I threw the book most days.
VOTE.

Best description I‘ve read-“Gaskell‘s depiction of Ruth lays bare Victorian hypocrisy and sexual double-standards, and her novel is a remarkable story of love, of the sanctuary and tyranny of the family, and of the consequences of lies and deception.”

#hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead

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Pearl Jam Twenty | Pearl Jam

I.WAS.SOBBING.

Such a beautiful song. This is the third time I‘ve heard them do it live together .. takes my breathe away everytime.

#TuesdayTunes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP5zSWmX8TU

TieDyeDude

IndoorDame That‘s shattering! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 4d

TieDyeDude 😯 I may have to wait; don't think I'm ready for this yet this morning! 4d

marleed Two of my favorite voices together - and singing a favorite song 🎶 ❤️❤️❤️ 4d

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TheBookHippie @marleed SAME!!!! 4d

marleed @TheBookHippie And the words hit differently with Glen‘s blue-brimmed vote 🧢 💙 4d

TheBookHippie @marleed both men gave speeches about women‘s rights. 💙✊🏼and VOTE FFS ✊🏼💙 4d

dabbe 🧡🩶🧡 4d

Deblovestoread Beautiful! Have only known the song from the Once soundtrack which I love. 4d

willaful Oh I love “Once“ so much, and this beautiful song... and omg, he's touring in my area and has a new album! Husband birthday gift unlocked....! 4d

Lesliereadsalot I love this song so much! 4d

CoffeeK8 This was just beautiful! 4d

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Bring Me Your Midnight | Rachel Griffin

OCTOBER 💙📘💙 #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD

October gets FULL quickly so here‘s our schedule
Everyone welcome 💙📘💙

Catsandbooks I'm planning on joining in for this one! 4d

TheBookHippie @Catsandbooks YAY!!!!!!!!! 4d

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Gilmore Girls: .... Staffel 6 | Lauren Graham, Jamie Babbit, Alexis Bledel

#FallingForFallSwap mood board 🍂🍁🍂

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yes!! 🧡🧡 5d

Lesliereadsalot Beautiful! 5d

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Hurricane Summer: A Novel | Asha Bromfield

Forgot to post my August #FOODANDLIT 🇯🇲

Catsandbooks So wonderful! 🇯🇲 5d

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Gilmore Girls: The Official Cookbook | Elena Craig, Kristen Mulrooney

Fridays Gilmore post -I cheated 😂😂 I did it before I left on vacation and scheduled my IG post …

Anyhow COFFEE☕️☕️☕️☕️

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#TLT @dabbe

Casablanca I mean ♥️😭♥️
Swing Time is cinematically gorgeous
Philadelphia was just 😭😭😭😭

My grandma and I watched movies together constantly so it‘s her prize of my viewing of all old movies.

dabbe 🙌 for your grandma! 🧡🩶🧡 6d

slategreyskies Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. ♥️ 6d

TheBookHippie @slategreyskies ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 6d

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Hygge: Comfort & Food for the Soul: A Cosy Collection of Comfort Food, Drinks & Lifestyle Recipes for You, Your Friends & Family to Enjoy | Cooknation

#hyggehourreadathon

Last night of espresso & city views 💙🏙️💙📘💙☕️

Chrissyreadit, AllDebooks

IndoorDame Proper Italian espresso! I was totally happy for you getting to see Pearl Jam and Chagall, but now you‘ve made me jealous! 6d

TheBookHippie @IndoorDame 😘 it‘s so good!! 6d

TheBookHippie @IndoorDame I shall not discuss the cannoli… 6d

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IndoorDame @TheBookHippie 😂😂😂😂 6d

Avanders Chicago! 🌃💙 (I used to work in that tall square building ☺️) (edited) 6d

TheBookHippie @Avanders ♥️♥️♥️ 6d

TheBookHippie @IndoorDame or the salted caramel gelato…. (edited) 6d

IndoorDame @TheBookHippie mean…. so mean 😂 6d

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 😍 5d

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Pearl Jam Twenty | Pearl Jam

1. Chicago & Pearl Jam at Wrigley 💙🏙️💙🎶💙
2. My 37 year old back pack
3. Mr Book Hippie
4. Sunsets
5. Popcorn IYKYK

#5JOYSFRIDAY plus

DebinHawaii

kspenmoll Pearl Jam! Yay! Love all your photos! 6d

vlwelser Is that a poster? Please tell me you acquired one of those. 6d

TheBookHippie @vlwelser it is and I did!!! 6d

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vlwelser 😍😍😍😍😍 6d

IndoorDame Pearl Jam live!!! In love with your new poster!!!! 6d

KadaGul @TheBookHippie You were in Chi Town? 🤩🥳🤩 6d

TheBookHippie @KadaGul still am. I‘m here fairly often. 🙃 it‘s where I hide 🙃😂🏙️💙 6d

TheBookHippie @IndoorDame I know!!! We‘ve been here a week now and I don‘t want to leave 😂😭the poster is just ♥️♥️♥️ 6d

DebinHawaii Wonderful list of joys! 💛💛💛 That backpack has seen things! 🎒😉😆 I too am in love with the poster & I‘m glad you are having a great time. Thanks for joining in & helping spread the joy! 🤗 6d

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 6d

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 6d

mcctrish So much awesomeness ❤️❤️❤️ 6d

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 5d

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Pearl Jam Twenty | Pearl Jam

@CBee Mr Book Hippie took me to the love of my life this week to see our boyfriend for two shows

Word for Wednesday

A mensch, in Yiddish, is a person of integrity, morality, dignity, with a sense of what is right and responsible. All the mensches together!

Leftcoastzen The best !😂👏 6d

AmyG Oh nice! Yes, Eddie and band are real mensches. 🙌🏻 6d

TheBookHippie @AmyG GLEN HANSARD too!!! He was so good!!! 6d

CBee So jealous 😍😍😍😍😍 6d

AmyG Ahhhhh Glen Hansard is fabulous. 6d

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The Flight Portfolio: A novel | Julie Orringer

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#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD

Let the woman take charge !

Money. How to get it. The ways to survive.

The sheer tenacity.

Just miracles

To save a life is to save a whole world.

Happy Sunday

I thank ya for being here. I love us.

vlwelser The women are definitely in charge. 6d

Sargar114 Glad I checked…runs to libby and sighs in relief my library has an audio version…here‘s my morning haha 6d

AmyG Leave it to women to get sh** done! Looking forward to reading on. 6d

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IndoorDame One of my favorite proverbs. I love the tenacity here! Can‘t wait to read on! 6d

DebinHawaii A little late to the party today as I read it this afternoon but I am loving it so far! 6d

TheBookHippie @DebinHawaii I‘m loving it too!! A couple peeps are behind and waiting for their book or hold to come in. 6d

TheBookHippie @Sargar114 😂😂😂😂😅 6d

BarkingMadRead I will be late to the discussion next week, but then I‘ll catch up! 5d

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead couple peeps that way! 🙃 no worries! 5d

mollyrotondo Loving this book so far! I‘m not able to read it super fast because I keep stopping to look up people and references. But I‘m loving the writing and learning so much about a part of the war that isn‘t focused on so deeply in most novels or nonfiction books I‘ve read. Thank you! Love this group ❤️ 5d

Librarybelle I just caught up! I love the writing—so poetic and rich. I‘m completely mesmerized by it and find myself really slowing down in my reading of it. I like that this is not your typical WWII book—I‘m familiar with the evacuation plans but have rarely seen them in my readings. 5d

TheBookHippie @Librarybelle @mollyrotondo I‘m reading it slowly and intentionally as well. Its writing IS poetic. I‘m also fascinated and outraged and heart sick. 5d

vonnie862 I'm gonna have to skip this one. I'm having a hard time getting into it. 4d

TheBookHippie @vonnie862 no worries. 4d

Karisa I was away for the weekend with my mom and daughter at the coast. Service was spotty but so nice to get out of the heat. I‘m back on track and loving the book too. I‘ve enjoyed reading through your links and discussions. We should watch/discuss the Netflix adaptation (Transatlantic) after done. It‘s fantastic! 4d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I'm enjoying this one so far. I have some work travel next week, so I'm hoping to catch up and get on track. I'm trusting that you'll share links for the main stuff so I can come back in the end and dive into the real-life details and art. 😁 1d

TheBookHippie @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I keep putting links in and you all will have to go back 🤣🤣🤣👀 1d

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The Flight Portfolio: A novel | Julie Orringer

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#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD

Manns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golo_Mann

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Mann

People did not listen then EITHER.
Honest to GOODNESS 🤦🏻‍♀️

Dangerous game of cat and mouse

Aha looking for a son
Grants friends Gregor Katznelson
Genius son..
Then he hears Varian is rescuing people ..
Assets and liabilities ..

A train a hill safety 😱I was holding my breath!

vlwelser I think because I know about the Manns this was less of a cliffhanger for me. 6d

AmyG So many people didn‘t listen. My husband‘s grandfather got his family out of Germany. So many in the extended family thought he was nuts. They just didn‘t listen. They all died. 6d

IndoorDame I was terrified when they had their papers confiscated for the night! 6d

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kspenmoll @vlwelser I too knew the Mann‘s got out. 6d

DebinHawaii Such tense scenes with their papers! 6d

BarkingMadRead This was so stressful, I didn‘t think it could possibly end well 5d

mollyrotondo When their papers were taken I was like this is it! It‘s over! But thank goodness there was another way out. It was a tense scene in this section. 5d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I was nervous for them all, but also, given that it's the first big escape of the book, I was hopeful all went well. Crisis averted. This time. 1d

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The Flight Portfolio: A novel | Julie Orringer

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#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD

EE CUMMINGS I mean comeon swoon…♥️♥️♥️

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Cummings

vlwelser Oh. Good eye. I missed this. Must be the capital letters 6d

IndoorDame I‘m SOOOO in love with this poem! But for whatever reason I found the way it was structured on the page really hard to parse so if it helps anyone and you can access Spotify links this woman with a poetry podcast who discovered the poem in our book reads it aloud and really made it come to life for me https://open.spotify.com/episode/2uS6ju6bq5TNYxef1xk7At?si=XipddM_vRz2JlWlqu4fK7... 6d

kspenmoll I just adored this!!!! Thanks @IndoorDame (edited) 6d

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TheBookHippie @IndoorDame I have it memorised and duh should have linked it! Thanks for the link!! 6d

DebinHawaii @IndoorDame What a great find/link! Thank you! 💜 6d

mollyrotondo I love all of the literary references in this book! The Finnegan‘s Wake line had me searching the meaning for a good half hour 😆 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣 5d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @IndoorDame Thank you! The way poems are written is a huge stumbling block for me at times, so this was helpful. 1d

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The Flight Portfolio: A novel | Julie Orringer

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#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD

Bill Freier cartoonist- that‘s so smart!!!
Fake passports
Oy

Spoiler https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa1139055

AmyG Everyone and anyone seems to have “chipped in” where they could. Amazing. 6d

IndoorDame It‘s brilliant! And they‘re right in the middle of the art community anyway, so it actually makes perfect sense. 6d

kspenmoll What I love about this book so far is that there were so many people helping resist the Nazis in varying areas with talents necessary for all the intricate planning that I was so unaware of. 6d

DebinHawaii OK, another link to save for after. 😉 I am loving how people are coming together to help. 6d

mollyrotondo I also love that this book points out all these famous people in different areas of the art world who helped save people. I did continue to read some of the spoiler lol when it comes to the real historical figures in this type of historical tragedy I want to know what happened 😮‍💨 5d

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The Flight Portfolio: A novel | Julie Orringer

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#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD

Mary Jayne Gold MY GIRL!!!!
Money
Tenacity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jayne_Gold

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42980989/mary_jayne-gold

Mary is buried in my town no grave marker
This is my field trip this week and our mission to find out why!

vlwelser She's pretty fierce so far. 6d

AmyG Both of our towns have connections to this book. (edited) 6d

IndoorDame Let us know what you learn on your field trip!!! 6d

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IndoorDame It really gives a sense of the times that Varian needs so many allies and contacts and connections helping him to pull this off, but is terrified to trust any of those people even after he‘s already let them in far enough to burn him if they turn out not to be trustworthy. 6d

kspenmoll No gravestone? Wonder…if she would have rather been buried in France but left no instructions as to her wishes. Just a thought (edited) 6d

DebinHawaii Interesting! Can‘t wait to see what you uncover! 6d

BarkingMadRead She is such a badass, I can‘t wait to hear why there‘s no gravestone 5d

mollyrotondo Yeah I don‘t understand why there isn‘t a gravestone. I understand she had no children and died in France. But why move her to Michigan and not give her a gravestone? 5d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Interesting! I'm curious to see what you come up with. I did see that Fry has a street named after him in Ridgewood, NJ. I will try to get a picture of the sign when I get back from my trip to MA next week. (It's only a sign, but I'm happy to do my part!) 1d

TheBookHippie @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick oh fun!!!! 1d

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The Flight Portfolio: A novel | Julie Orringer

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Varian Fry‘s sexuality was not discussed in his lifetime publicly that I know of. However he did I know give depositions to the Kinseys. I didn‘t try to look into it too far. Will leave that until end of book.

vlwelser We'll see where the author leads us with this. 6d

AmyG I am just loving this book and the characters. All so fascinating. Lots of depth and history. 6d

IndoorDame So far I feel like we‘re getting a well done glimpse into a quiet kind of public that isn‘t as common in the queer world today, where the sexuality of the gay characters isn‘t a closely guarded secret, but also isn‘t talked about, so those “in the know” know, and anyone who just doesn‘t notice or doesn‘t approve can remain oblivious or at least pretend to. 6d

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DebinHawaii @AmyG Me too-it‘s so interesting! 6d

mollyrotondo I‘m loving the character of Fry that this author is giving us. A very real person to admire in his purpose in life but also real emotionally. He has a wife who he does love but also has this emotional romantic pull to Grant which for the story helps keep the character of Fry getting pulled to stay in such a dangerous situation in order to help his old love. I‘m liking it all so far. 5d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I suspected a sexual history between Grant and Fry before it was confirmed. Great writing to hint to it without being tawdry. 1d

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The Flight Portfolio: A novel | Julie Orringer

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Secretary Lena
Oppenheimer - same name?! Didn‘t get into it yet
Albert Hirschman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_O._Hirschman
Miss Miriam Davenport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Davenport

Rubasky artist
Picking names …

What an office
What a responsibility
Just wow

vlwelser I keep looking these people up on google. I love when that happens. 6d

AmyG So much saved. And so much most likely lost that we will never know of. Whenever I read of WWIi….any if it, all it‘s different facets, I find it just mind boggling. 6d

IndoorDame It‘s an immense responsibility. I know war throws all the rules out the window, but his character is a 32 year old writer. I just keep comparing this life with the kinds of responsibility we‘d trust a writer in NY in their early 30s with today… 🤯 6d

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TheBookHippie @IndoorDame most of the resistance was teenagers and female. 6d

IndoorDame @TheBookHippie in France or across Europe? 6d

TheBookHippie @IndoorDame across Europe especially France and The Netherlands 🤯🤯🤯 6d

IndoorDame @TheBookHippie amazing! I didn‘t know. That‘s so inspiring! 6d

DebinHawaii Some amazing people under such pressure! 6d

mollyrotondo The amount of people working to fight and stop fascism makes me so much sadder to know that fascism spread and took over the way it did. So many don‘t want it and know it‘s evil power but it still takes over and then takes the strength of everyone to bring it down. Just makes me fearful for our circumstances today. 5d

TheBookHippie @mollyrotondo RIGHT?!?! Ugh. 5d

mollyrotondo @TheBookHippie we let history repeat itself too often even when there is little distance from the last time it all happened. 5d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick These folks are resourceful! I'm kind of in awe at how connected they are considering their circumstances. I'll have to come back to the links later. I don't want to spoil myself if someone dies during the thick of our adventure. 1d

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A time before and a moment that changes it all -
Lincoln Kirstein - Grant appears
Better to sacrifice the Liberal Democrat‘s of Europe than offend the fascists…
I thought we could be of use to one another
The history WAS the homework- Varian
“Let us live, since we must die”
Elliot Schiffman Grant-Skiff Grant
And so Varian stays

Just WOW

vlwelser Grant is super interesting. Didn't expect him to be quite so diverse. The father is what actually surprised me. I kept thinking he should get his fanny the heck out of Europe. 6d

AmyG That he is biracial and Jewish. And gay. Yes @vlwelser he should but -not. 6d

IndoorDame @AmyG @vlwelser Yes, it‘s really hard reading this looking back, knowing that legit American papers won‘t be protection for long there. Logically they all aught to get out of Europe. Grant especially. It‘s clearly not safe. But the fact that people were willing to put their own lives on the line is what saved as many people as did manage to survive. And I have so much gratitude 🙏 6d

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kspenmoll All of this is an overwhelming reminder of how an individual can make a difference in a sea of evil. 6d

DebinHawaii @kspenmoll 💯 such a great point! 6d

mollyrotondo @IndoorDame yeah at this point in the story American papers were not being given out easily and the papers you did have weren‘t necessarily going to get you out. So scary and yet people continued to do the right thing and help. Grant had just as much to fear as Katznelson and yet he‘s going to stay behind to find his partner‘s son. Incredible. 5d

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200 endangered artist- just boggles the mind

So so so many.

vlwelser 💔 6d

IndoorDame It‘s a really good way to conceptualize how much was lost. If those were just the famous names they could think up from overseas, then zooming out how much art, how much life, how much family history… 6d

AmyG It‘s so hard, at times, to wrap ones head around. 6d

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DebinHawaii It‘s so overwhelming to think about all that was lost. 6d

mollyrotondo So much was affected. Loss of life does lead to loss of everything else in our society. 5d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I can't say I recognized all of the people mentioned, but I did pause a moment to acknowledge them. Without these heroes, putting their own lives in the line to fight back and save people, would I recognize their names today if they hadn't escaped. I'm curious to read on and see if those I recognize are because they were rescued. 1d

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Vichy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vichy_France

French Resistance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Resistance

Spoiler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Rescue_Committee

https://www.rescue.org/page/history-international-rescue-committee

The proportion of French people who participated in organized resistance has been estimated at from one to three percent of the total population

vlwelser It's hard to tell how many participated since they all refused to talk about the war later. Both sides. 6d

IndoorDame @vlwelser it‘s heartbreaking how much fear and confusion still exists 6d

vlwelser @IndoorDame we lost a lot. I think because they didn't feel like they could trust anyone even after it was over. Because this was the 2nd time they went through it. Obviously this was likely worse than the first round. But what proof was there that round 3 might not be even worse? 6d

mollyrotondo I just imagine this period as a time when there was nothing else to do but fight. I admire the resistance fighters since their own leaders basically deserted them 5d

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Varian Fry

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varian_Fry

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/varian-fry

vlwelser He's also quite interesting so far. Amazing that he's a real person. 7d

IndoorDame Good to know, I was wondering if he was a real person! Saving these links for later. I‘m totally caught up in the story and trying not to do too much research until after even though I‘m itching to look up absolutely everything 🙃 6d

AmyG Ha @IndoorDame …same. I want to read first…not know anything yet. 6d

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DebinHawaii Yep, holding off until the end to go back & review the history! 🫣 6d

BarkingMadRead Ohhhhhh I wondered if he was real! I deliberately didn‘t check. I‘ll come back to the links later 5d

mollyrotondo I read a little bit without spoiling too much lol he grew up near where I live in New Jersey! I feel all choked up to read the Wikipedia page about how he was disturbed by what he saw happening in Europe and did something about it. Really amazing to read in the book but knowing the true details makes it more emotional. The world makes us wonder if there are any good people and these true stories help bring hope. 5d

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Marc Chagall

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Chagall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjgHErPUN1s

https://www.marcchagall.net/

One of my absolute favorite artist 🎨🖼️

vlwelser He's at the top of my list also. And his life was so interesting. And tragic. 🤐 but most of that happened later than this story. 7d

TheBookHippie @vlwelser Yes. I just visited his windows yesterday. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/109439/america-windows (edited) 6d

vlwelser I love that museum. He did a lot of those windows. I need to make a Chagall bucket list and go look at them all. In France. 6d

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TheBookHippie @vlwelser yes most definitely!! 6d

IndoorDame Oh, how wonderful! I‘ve always wanted to see the windows in person! They were some of the first pieces of art I fell in love with as a little child, and I‘ve only become more enthralled with him over the years. 6d

AmyG A print of one if his paintings sat over the couch in my childhood home. He was always a favorite. We got to see his work in Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. Gorgeous. (edited) 6d

kspenmoll Thank you- the video you posted was wonderful! 6d

DebinHawaii Chagall is a favorite of mine too. So cool you got to see his windows on your trip. 💙 6d

mollyrotondo I recognized his work when I looked him up. So interesting that he did not want to leave but as an artist he wanted to stay as a witness. When memorializing history becomes more important than the artist‘s life. Terrible. But it‘s my understanding he did eventually escape. 5d

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Poetry Unplugged | Irene Brodsky

I‘m heading out with Mr BookHippie for a week.
See you Sunday for #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD -which may happen later in the day 🙃🙂

wanderinglynn Enjoy! 2w

Read4life Enjoy your week! 💙💙💙 2w

PurpleyPumpkin Have a wonderful week! 2w

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Deblovestoread Have a fantastic week! 💜 2w

IndoorDame Enjoy!!!!! 2w

LeahBergen Have fun! 2w

Mimi28 You deserve it!! Have a ton of fun 🤩🫶🏽😊🩷🤗🙏🏽 2w

dabbe 🩵💙🩵 2w

kspenmoll Enjoy!!!! 6d

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Great Houses of Chicago, 1871-1921 | Susan S. Benjamin, Stuart Earl Cohen

#HYGGEHOURREADATHON

Chicago Architecture & Winnie resting and cocoa

💙

Leftcoastzen Winnie!🐶👏 2w

Mimi28 Chicago!! lol 🕋 2w

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2w

AnnCrystal 💕🐶💝. 2w

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Bear: A Novel | Julia Phillips

Snow White & Red Rose was supposedly written with this theory and our book was based on this fairytale. Something to go hmmm about #camplitsy24 #camplitsy I forgot to post this yesterday!

squirrelbrain There wasn‘t much togetherness and harmony was there?! 2w

TheBookHippie @squirrelbrain Um, no. Complex yes 🤣👀. 2w

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Lady Chatterley's Lover | D. H. Lawrence

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Last year at this time 👀🤣😬✊🏼💕

IndoorDame 🤣🤣🤣🤣 2w

vlwelser OMG that book. 2w

TheBookHippie @vlwelser 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 2w

mrp27 Wow! A year ago. Must have made an impression because I still remember it pretty good. 🥴 2w

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Hygge Life: Embracing the Nordic Art of Coziness Through Recipes, Entertaining, Decorating, Simple Rituals, and Family Traditions | Jody Eddy, Gunnar Karl Gislason

#HYGGEHOURREADATHON DAY 💚📗

Pollen count is 9.9 so not sure I‘ll be outside.
Most likely in my pjs with cocoa and a cozy read.

Happy hygge!

kspenmoll Pollen high here too. I will be indoors on my cozy reading chair. 2w

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The Forty Elephants | Erin Bledsoe

So my #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD PEEPS 👀

I don‘t know whether to leave space for fall 👀2025
Going to see if a pub date gets announced by October 👀

TheBookHippie @Librarybelle @IndoorDame @AmyG @vlwelser @mcctrish & everyone else!!!! 2w

IndoorDame Exciting!!!!!!! 2w

kspenmoll This would be fun to read! 2w

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Librarybelle Oh! That‘s cool! 2w

vonnie862 Oooh! 2w

Deblovestoread I was hoping for a new book. I loved her acknowledgment at the end of the book. 2w

CatLass007 I‘m so glad she‘s got another book in the works! I see great things in Erin Bledsoe‘s future and our future reading! 2w

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September here we come!

All welcome !!!

AmyG Yay!!!, 2w

Librarybelle I‘m ready! 2w

Read4life I was able to get this one so I‘m ready. Glad to be back with this group 💙 2w

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TheBookHippie @Read4life yay! 2w

vonnie862 I have my copy! 2w

DebinHawaii Got my Kindle copy & I‘m ready to go! 🤗 2w

vlwelser Chagall is on my fav list so I'm ready.... 2w

mcctrish I am still waiting for my book 😢 I will get caught up some day 6d

TheBookHippie @mcctrish OH NO!!! 6d

mcctrish @TheBookHippie I got a good price on a paper back which is taking longer to get here than instant kindle delivery 🤷🏻‍♀️ 6d

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The Forty Elephants | Erin Bledsoe

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Thank you soooo much for going on these book journeys with me! This one was fun!

I love how there is much on Alice out there but it‘s all different and some is just legend repeated. I think she would like that.

Happy Sunday! See you in September 🤣 I couldn‘t help myself!!!

Thank you for Sundays!

Librarybelle Yay!! 2w

AmyG Thank you! I‘m excited for the Sept book! 2w

IndoorDame Hahaha, I bet she would like legends about her floating around. I‘m excited for our September book too! 2w

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kspenmoll Sorry I missed today‘s discussion- my last day before work starts so I slept in late then did stuff… l loved the book! 2w

DebinHawaii Another fantastic book & discussions-this one will be another favorite for the year! Thanks again for making Sundays so great! 🤗 2w

TheBookHippie @DebinHawaii ♥️💕♥️💍🐘 2w

TheBookHippie @kspenmoll Soak your day in!! Hope tomorrow goes well!! 2w

vlwelser She is definitely legend worthy. 2w

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Odds & Ends

https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Nancy-Astor/
Use reader view https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/london-history-women-only-crime-2561711...

https://londondarktourist.com/female-gangsters-forty-elephants/
Case you missed earlier post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QZEnyZyYo4

Librarybelle I had no clue about this history, so thank you for picking this book! Fascinating! 2w

IndoorDame All the history connected to this is amazing! Thank you for compiling links! As usual, your research skills are unmatched, and I had so much fun digging into some of it once I finished the book! 2w

vonnie862 Great book! 2w

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mollyrotondo Wow so Alice became pretty out of control at some point. Kind of like Mary Carr. She didn‘t want anyone marrying outside the community. Mary was all about no marriage in the gang but still Alice sort of adopted the same extreme rules. Thank you for all this info. This was a great book! 2w

TheBookHippie @IndoorDame ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 2w

TheBookHippie @Librarybelle me either it‘s so much fun to learn new history. 2w

TheBookHippie @mollyrotondo 😵‍💫😬 probably it kept them all safe would be my bet. 2w

dabbe Thank you for introducing me to a London I never knew existed. And your research is impeccable! 🩶🧡🩶 2w

Deblovestoread Loved this! And your pictures and research always add so much….makes going down the rabbit hole so easy 😀 2w

DebinHawaii Such an amazing story & I still keep going back to the real Alice taking over the gang at age 20! 🤯 Great research & I‘m happy to finish the book & dig deeper into the real story. 🤗 2w

CatLass007 So much more to learn about Alice and her gang. I have the book by Brian McDonald on my wish list. I‘ll be interested to read a man‘s perspective on these powerful women. This book reminded me a bit of The Bandit Queens. Oppressed women gaining power the only way they can - by taking it. It‘s hard not to cheer for Alice and her gang. It‘s also hard to remind myself that these were not the good gals. They killed and terrorized. But (cont)⬇️ 2w

CatLass007 they are sheroes in so many ways. 2w

CatLass007 Thanks for picking this excellent book for our August #SundayBuddyRead. I really need to watch my finances but it‘s really tough when there are sooo many good books out there. 2w

TheBookHippie @dabbe @Deblovestoread ♥️🐘♥️💍♥️ this one was a gift! 2w

TheBookHippie @DebinHawaii I know !!! 20!!!! 2w

TheBookHippie @CatLass007 it‘s all very fascinating!!! I‘m so fortunate to have a good used bookstore by me that can find books for me! 2w

CatLass007 I listen to audiobooks almost exclusively. We have a great used bookstore in my town also, but they don‘t carry audiobooks anymore. Thank God for LIBBY and HOOPLA. My print purchases are limited to craft books and graphic novels. 2w

CatLass007 Thank you so much for all your hard work! You make our reading and our discussions joyful experiences! 2w

TheBookHippie @CatLass007 I use HOOPLA a ton!! 2w

CatLass007 I didn‘t even know that HOOPLA existed until two or three months ago. It‘s added to my ability to find new authors and listen to more audiobooks that I don‘t have to buy. 2w

TheBookHippie @CatLass007 oh dear!!! I‘m so glad you found it!! It‘s amazing. 2w

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Alice
EVERYBODY -we are against men who beat women & who take advantage of other women…
She is SOMETHING!!!!
Bring their wives and daughters too✊🏼💕

I liked her. 🤣👀💍✊🏼

AmyG I liked her, too. A strong woman standing up for women. 2w

Librarybelle I liked her too. 2w

IndoorDame She was great! And I love her ending it on this rallying cry! 2w

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mollyrotondo @IndoorDame me too! No more bring the men to make decisions for the community. The women need to be there to make decisions that are going to affect them too. Such a great ending! 2w

vonnie862 She was awesome! And I love how she called the women as well at the end. 2w

dabbe She made me proud to be a woman! Stealing jewels and all! 🤩 2w

DebinHawaii Go Alice! I loved that last line so much! ❤️ 2w

CatLass007 Bringing women into the gang was a power move on Alice‘s part. 2w

vlwelser That's basically the theme of the entire book 2w

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The meeting to pay a debt and make a partnership

Mary man she is 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

The mom 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

Eli…

So much going on this last section!!!!
A heart pumper!!!

AmyG Yes, this section was fast paced. 2w

Librarybelle Yes! Such a heart pumper! Ugh to Mary and Alice‘s mom. 2w

IndoorDame There really was so much going on in this section! I felt like I was watching the conclusion in fast forward. 2w

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Karisa Whew! It was a lot. Feels like she almost could have made a sequel out of that last section and just left this book ending right after the heist 2w

mollyrotondo Mary was all over everything even from jail. It was insane how much she was still getting in Alice‘s way and she wasn‘t even there. 2w

vonnie862 Definitely a heart pumper! 2w

DebinHawaii It could have definitely played out longer-I could have kept going! I was so tense reading it yesterday & last night! 😱 2w

vlwelser So much for the last quarter of a book. I sort of like that she basically ended up with this trajectory. Like why not basically climax at the end? 2w

TheBookHippie @vlwelser I like it too. 2w

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Tommy
He did it!!!
Then 🥹😭

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_and_Castle

Librarybelle That was so sad! 2w

AmyG They kept saying he was great at safe cracking, so…..apparently he was! 2w

IndoorDame This was tragic! He was so close to getting out of the life. And he actually pulled it off for everyone else. 2w

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Karisa Yes, he finally redeemed himself to Alice and then died doing it. Tragic! Again left me wondering if that was all for real or author crafted 2w

TheBookHippie @Karisa her real brother was named Tommy and was in the elephant castle gang but I didnt find out how he died. 2w

mollyrotondo That one-last-job storyline often leads to tragedy. I figured he wouldn‘t make it unfortunately. He was another one who should have left The Mint a long time ago. I was sad he died even though I didn‘t like him for most of the book. 2w

vonnie862 So tragic!!! 😭😭😭 2w

dabbe @Karisa #redemptionindeed 😢 2w

Deblovestoread I felt so bad for Tommy. Got it together, wanted to be there for his new family, needed to prove himself to Annie and then …. 2w

DebinHawaii You could see it coming, that he wasn‘t going to get out, especially since he was trying so hard, but it was very sad. 😭 2w

CatLass007 It definitely was sad that Tommy died. It‘s even sadder that he never got to meet his child and his child grew up fatherless. 2w

vlwelser Poor Christina. But he made good in the end I suppose. 2w

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Louisa
She didn‘t want the life
Then the twins
Then she wanted the life
This made me kinda sad..

Librarybelle I cannot imagine growing up in that environment, with violence and theft being your ticket for survival. I‘m blessed I never had to worry, and it breaks my heart so many do. 2w

IndoorDame It was heartbreaking that her family tried to help her get a life away from all that, and she still got pulled back in. It makes you realize how little has changed. The circumstances you‘re born into define your future so much more than they should. 2w

Karisa I wonder if that part was true to Alice‘s family story? Louisa‘s story did feel so very sad and real especially combined with Tommy… 2w

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TheBookHippie @Karisa she did join her sister IRL. I imagine there wasn‘t much choice. 2w

mollyrotondo @TheBookHippie oh geez. She did join her sister in real life huh? So sad. She was in a better situation working outside the Mint and creating her own life. And then she just changes her tune after Tommy dies. Uhh what a mess. We can let revenge screw up our chances of change and progress. 2w

vonnie862 She lost her innocence after the twins. So sad. 2w

Deblovestoread Reluctant or not it would be hard to leave that life back then. Women had so few options. 2w

DebinHawaii @Deblovestoread Yeah, given her few options, it‘s not surprising she chose how she did, although still very sad. 2w

vlwelser It was sort of a reality check for all of them when this happened. 2w

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The diamond rings
For her fingers
💍💎💍

Librarybelle I suppose everyone needs a trademark style. 😂 2w

IndoorDame I loved the line in the podcast you shared that said she used them as a kind of brass knuckles, and the cops avoided her a bit because they didn‘t want to get punched by her. Can you imagine punching a cop today and having them cower from you?!!!! I‘d consider myself lucky not to get shot! 2w

Karisa I love that in this photo so many of the women are holding back smiles. Perfect! 👩‍🍳💋 @IndoorDame Oh my gosh! You are so right. That would not fly today! 2w

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mollyrotondo These ladies were tough! Really amazing to gain that type of reputation lol 2w

vonnie862 Love it! 2w

DebinHawaii @Karisa Perfect is right! 😆 2w

vlwelser Diamonds are a girl's best friend? They are legit currency and I appreciate the overlap with her name. 2w

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Rob….
An officer and a gentlemen too?
Pun intended….

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_and_Castle_Mob

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald_brothers_(gangsters)

Librarybelle Good to put a face to the real life man! I‘m still not sure what to think about his loving Alice since they were kids and he watched her watch her father violently attack a man and she didn‘t blink. 2w

AmyG Just so many criminals….trying to survive. Who knew who to trust? 2w

IndoorDame Not how I pictured him. I‘m enjoying the fact bleeding into the fiction, now that we‘re done reading and I‘m getting into the history. 2w

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Karisa Rob never felt like a full character to me somehow. He seemed to serve a purpose of adding to Alice‘s character but was just over there on the side. It is good to see what he‘d looked like. Being based on true life made this book so much better to me 2w

mollyrotondo Bert didn‘t seem as big of a name as his two brothers were in real life. I liked that Rob helped Alice and did seem to be a good guy but then he leaves and sort of becomes a sellout rjght? He‘s going to be an officer and a snitch right? Weird ending for him. It seems as if he died in the mafia wars in real life 2w

vonnie862 @Karisa I felt the same way 2w

Deblovestoread I agree that Rob was a side character to further propel Alice‘s story. Sounds like his real life was a bit different from how it is portrayed in the book. 2w

DebinHawaii Lots of differences between the real people & the way she wrote them but it really worked. Rib wasn‘t fully drawn in the book so I didn‘t care that much about him leaving but the articles said he was a short-time boyfriend for the real Alice anyway. 2w

vlwelser He does just seem like a side character. I wonder how much of his story is true and how much just speculation 2w

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