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Kelli Estes

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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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Kelli Estes Hi Shannon! Thank for your question. A production company currently has the film option for The Girl Who Wrote in Silk and are in the process of tryin…moreHi Shannon! Thank for your question. A production company currently has the film option for The Girl Who Wrote in Silk and are in the process of trying to develop it into a limited series for television. A lot of things have to fall into place before it happens, so cross your fingers!(less)
Kelli Estes I've been working on my upcoming release, TODAY WE GO HOME (coming August 6, 2019), and I'm doing research for my next book. I have four different boo…moreI've been working on my upcoming release, TODAY WE GO HOME (coming August 6, 2019), and I'm doing research for my next book. I have four different book ideas and am concurrently researching all of them, so I'm not able to share any of them just yet. Stay tuned to learn more!(less)
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The Girl Who Wrote in Silk

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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?”
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“May we all grow up to be strong like her”
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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”
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The Girl Who Wrote in Silk The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes by Kelli Estes Inspired by true events, Kelli Estes's brilliant and atmospheric debut serves as a poignant tale of two women determined to do the right thing, and the power of our own stories.
 
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Summer Secrets Summer Secrets by Jane Green by Jane Green Jane Green delivers her second blockbuster novel of 2015, a story of one woman struggling to right the wrongs of her past, with even more complications in the present.
 
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The Hurricane Sisters The Hurricane Sisters by Dorothea Benton Frank by Dorothea Benton Frank Frank, with her hallmark scintillating wit and crisp insight, captures how a complex family of disparate characters and their close friends can overcome anything through the power of love and reconciliation. This is the often hilarious, sometimes sobering, but always entertaining story of how these unforgettable women became The Hurricane Sisters.
 
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Julia's Chocolates Julia's Chocolates by Cathy Lamb by Cathy Lamb Filled with warmth, love, and truth, Julia's Chocolates is an unforgettable novel of hope and healing that explores the hurts we keep deep in our hearts, the love that liberates us, the courage that defines us, and the chocolate that just might take us there.
 
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The Secret Life of Bees The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd by Sue Monk Kidd Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted black "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily decides to spring them both free.
 
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Those Secrets We Keep Those Secrets We Keep by Emily Liebert by Emily Liebert When these three women unite for a three-week-long summer vacation in beautiful Lake George, New York, even with the idyllic location as their backdrop, the tensions begin to mount. And they quickly discover that no secret can be kept forever...
 
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As Close to Us as Breathing As Close to Us as Breathing by Elizabeth Poliner by Elizabeth PolinerA multigenerational family saga about the long-lasting reverberations of one tragic summer by "a wonderful talent [who] should be read widely"
 
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The Lovesick Cure The Lovesick Cure by Pamela Morsi by Pamela Morsi Between folk remedies and a "no strings attached" romance, Jesse is beginning to think she's found her own brand of lovesick cure—because there's nothing like a pinch of confidence and a dash of attraction to mend a broken heart.
 
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