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Kelli Estes is the USA Today bestselling author of SMOKE ON THE WIND, coming June 2025. Her first novel, THE GIRL WHO WROTE IN SILK has been translated into twelve languages and was the recipient of the Pacific Northwest Writer’s Association Nancy Pearl Book Award and the Women’s Fiction Writers Association Star Award (Debut). Her second novel TODAY WE GO HOME was the nationwide Target Book Club pick for September 2019. Known for dual-timeline stories that show how history is still relevant to our lives today, Kelli is passionate about learning all she can about people and events that shaped our world. Kelli lives in Washington State with her husband and two sons. Find Kelli on Facebook, Instagram, or at www.kelliestes.com.
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	The Girl Who Wrote in Silk 4.10 avg rating — 34,745 ratings — published 2015 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Today We Go Home 4.07 avg rating — 2,773 ratings — published 2019 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Smoke on the Wind 4.32 avg rating — 1,145 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl Who Wrote in Silk: A Novel of Chinese Immigration to the Pacific Northwest 4.44 avg rating — 420 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“His words made Mei Lien stumble. How could this be happening? How could these men barge in here and force them to sail “home” to a country where Mei Lien had never been? A country her father had bid farewell to with no intention of returning?”
― Kelli Estes, The Girl Who Wrote in Silk

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“May we all grow up to be strong like her”
― Kelli Estes, Today We Go Home

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“Mei Lien nodded. “Yes, Bàba. Can you carry our things? I’ll get Năinai.” Grandmother needed to be carried wherever she went because her deformed feet prevented her from putting much weight on them. Mei”
― Kelli Estes, The Girl Who Wrote in Silk

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What book would you like to read for our August 2024 Group Read? The theme is Silk.

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
Classics

20 votes 27.4%

The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
Mystery

14 votes 19.2%

A Study in Silks by Emma Jane Holloway
Fantasy, Steampunk

9 votes 12.3%

Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

8 votes 11.0%

Silk by Alessandro Baricco
Historical Fiction, Romance

8 votes 11.0%

The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes
Historical Fiction, China

7 votes 9.6%

Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan
History, Nonfiction

4 votes 5.5%

Women of the Silk by Gail Tsukiyama
Historical Fiction, China

3 votes 4.1%

73 total votes

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