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Leslie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Leslie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Red Clay, Running Waters
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The Women of Red Clay Running Waters
Even though the main character in my story is John Ridge, this being Women's History Month, my thoughts turn to the real women who populate the pages of Red Clay, Running Waters, their courage, their devotion, and their influences on the shaping of history.
Sarah Bird Northrop Ridge grew up in Connecticut, coming from a family prominent of physicians, pastors and Yale graduates. She was a descenden Read more of this blog post »
Sarah Bird Northrop Ridge grew up in Connecticut, coming from a family prominent of physicians, pastors and Yale graduates. She was a descenden Read more of this blog post »
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All the Way to the River
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The Way of Kings, Part 1 (The Stormlight Archive, #1, Part 1 of 2)
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"I’ve started and stopped this book a number of times, but ever since reading the first 25 pages long-before it was published, I have been a fan of of the lyricism of Leslie’s writing. The story of John and Sarah Ridge is intense and immersive and cal"
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"Beautifully written and beautifully narrated. Also a heartbreaking depiction of what can happen when there's a tyrant in the White House. John Ridge, on the other hand, has been unjustly maligned as a traitor. The author makes it clear that John lov"
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“As much as his heart remained rooted here, what lay beyond his country, beyond his nation, called to him like a cord buried deep within, pulling taut, drawing him away.”
― Red Clay, Running Waters
― Red Clay, Running Waters
“He was shy in her presence the next morning, his brittle spirit quenched enough not to shatter. The children did not see the ghost she saw, only his longed-for presence.”
― Red Clay, Running Waters
― Red Clay, Running Waters
“I led you here, only to bring you into something I would have spared you. Could I have known we would have what we dreamed of, only to watch it taken away?”
― Red Clay, Running Waters
― Red Clay, Running Waters
“Before the battle they had been discussing whether there might be life after death, and Windham and Rochester had made a pact that if there was, the first to die would come back and tell the other. But, said Rochester, he [Windham] never did.”
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“As much as his heart remained rooted here, what lay beyond his country, beyond his nation, called to him like a cord buried deep within, pulling taut, drawing him away.”
― Red Clay, Running Waters
― Red Clay, Running Waters
“He was shy in her presence the next morning, his brittle spirit quenched enough not to shatter. The children did not see the ghost she saw, only his longed-for presence.”
― Red Clay, Running Waters
― Red Clay, Running Waters
“I sometimes think with Moliere, Mr. Ridge, that ‘there is no folly equal to he who attempts to mend the world.’”
A single, unsuppressed laugh escaped him. “Yes,” he reluctantly replied, “but I cannot but help to attempt it, nonetheless.”
― Red Clay, Running Waters
A single, unsuppressed laugh escaped him. “Yes,” he reluctantly replied, “but I cannot but help to attempt it, nonetheless.”
― Red Clay, Running Waters
“If only their life could continue as it was it would be enough. It had always been enough for her, but never enough to keep him from righting wrongs of far wider consequences.”
― Red Clay, Running Waters
― Red Clay, Running Waters
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