Sounds great! I'm looking forward to it.

Thanks, Jon. I hope you enjoy it.

Hooray!

Hi Beth. Try to hold to that feeling.

Already finished and I loved it. Especially Mungo and the cow!

Thanks, Linda. That's some speedy reading.

Loved it! Thank you for including people who are usually left out of the genre and for describing how hard life might have been. Your perspective is, as ever, refreshing!

Thanks very much, Kristin. I'm delighted you enjoyed the novel, particularly on those terms.

In the process of reading it. I'm under quarantine at the moment awaiting test results. No better thing to do but enjoy a good book.

Sorry about your quarantine, but I'm glad to know the book is helping. Here's hoping for good results.

Already ordered and received it. It’s next in line after my current Ann Patchett read.

That's a good line to be in. Thanks, Jim.

Another nice one TR. review posted. I wonder if you had rewatched Blazing Saddles before writing this one…

Thanks, Stephen, for your good opinion and for the effort you put into your reviews. I don't think I can rewatch Blazing Saddles. I sent my parents to see it back in the day, and they never forgave me. Too many beans.

Looking forward to giving it a read! I hope all is well.

Hi Vachel. I'm just plugging along. I hope you enjoy the book, and thanks for checking in.

Just binge-read DEVIL UP and JOY TO THE JUST this week. Silas and his "bunch" of the former make a brief cameo appearance in the latter except for Ira the octoroon. Why was he left out?

Hi Joe,

They hadn't found him yet. Thanks for reading, binge or otherwise.
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"Gabriel" and Esther must have procreated, because their grandchild returned to a Small Place to pen its Short History. The spirit of that novel infuses this one.

You may well be right. Your continued support is much appreciated.