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Pearly Everlasting
New Brunswick, 1934: Pearly Everlasting ist fünfzehn und in einem Holzfällercamp mitten im Wald aufgewachsen – zusammen mit dem Bären Bruno, der seit ihrer Geburt ein Teil der Familie ist. Doch dann beschuldigt man Bruno, einen Mann getötet zu haben. Er wird weggebracht, niemand weiß, wohin. Verzweifelt und entschlossen macht Pearly sich zu Fuß auf den Weg durch die tief verschneite kanadische Landschaft, um Bruno zu suchen.
368 pages, Hardcover
First published June 25, 2024
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December 1, 2024
"Some might say a baby and a bear cub have no business living together, but I can assure you: seeing the world through our eyes might change your mind."
Gosh, this book. I reveled in the poetic language, even when it slowed down my reading. What an incredible talent Tammy Armstrong is! I love Canadian women writers and this just adds another one to my list of favorite writers and books.
My favorite book of the year! Perfect for winter reading. Curl up with Pearly and Bruno with a cup of hot chocolate or tea or coffee. Get lost in the snowy Canadian woods of New Brunswick in 1934. The land and its surroundings ooze out of Armstrong's pores and on to the paper. A land of folklore and myth, where Jack in the Dark is always waiting to bring death or destruction. But a land that also heals and holds magic.
"So Bruno and I grew up together on shoveled land, cut land, sawed land, and burnt land. Land griddled and hollowed, stumped, surveyed, and pulped as companies tried and failed to tame the place--forcing on it little resurrections."
This is the kind of description you'll be treated to, page after page. She is also very strong at capturing characters in unique and surprising ways, using names and mannerisms and brilliant descriptions. Rarely have I enjoyed the side characters as much as the main ones. This story is based on a real photo the author was gifted by her mother, and if the lore and descriptions of the logging camp and woods ring so true, it's because it's Armstrong's own family history.
Highly, highly rec for lovers of nature, history, and lyrical prose at its best. Sharing time with this girl and bear might just change your mind about how you see our human and animal world.
Gosh, this book. I reveled in the poetic language, even when it slowed down my reading. What an incredible talent Tammy Armstrong is! I love Canadian women writers and this just adds another one to my list of favorite writers and books.
My favorite book of the year! Perfect for winter reading. Curl up with Pearly and Bruno with a cup of hot chocolate or tea or coffee. Get lost in the snowy Canadian woods of New Brunswick in 1934. The land and its surroundings ooze out of Armstrong's pores and on to the paper. A land of folklore and myth, where Jack in the Dark is always waiting to bring death or destruction. But a land that also heals and holds magic.
"So Bruno and I grew up together on shoveled land, cut land, sawed land, and burnt land. Land griddled and hollowed, stumped, surveyed, and pulped as companies tried and failed to tame the place--forcing on it little resurrections."
This is the kind of description you'll be treated to, page after page. She is also very strong at capturing characters in unique and surprising ways, using names and mannerisms and brilliant descriptions. Rarely have I enjoyed the side characters as much as the main ones. This story is based on a real photo the author was gifted by her mother, and if the lore and descriptions of the logging camp and woods ring so true, it's because it's Armstrong's own family history.
Highly, highly rec for lovers of nature, history, and lyrical prose at its best. Sharing time with this girl and bear might just change your mind about how you see our human and animal world.
June 29, 2024
Wow! I couldn’t put the book down! I felt like I lived the journey alongside Pearly and Bruno. An instant favourite!
January 13, 2025
Maybe I just wasn't in the right place for this, but I had a super hard time getting into it. I never felt any connection to the characters
January 22, 2025
"The window above him rattled in its sill when the wind picked up. I walked towards him but couldn't bring myself too near. Each time I tried, a prickly spark ran up my arms as though we were sharing pain. I worried my touch might loosen something needed now inside him, something not ready to be ruined."
"I opened my eyes and everything was still dark. It was not the middle of real night, just that timeless, inward part. I waited for something to show itself, the gray to walk backwards from the room, the morning to fill up with teamsters calling out to each other as they backed the horses into their traces."
"I slipped back into myself and let the tears mackle my sight."
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An unusual premise, beautiful poetic writing, unusual word choices, immersive descriptions, and a beguiling story.
Who would have thought a story about a girl with a bear she considers a brother could bear such fruit (no pun intended). This imaginative novel takes the reader into a logging camp where life is lived on the edges, and inches away from maiming or death through a variety of environmental causes. It was an education in doing without and reliance on those around you.
When circumstances force her from the woods to the "out" she struggles to find her place among the assortment of town people...the suspicious, the mean, the helpers, and the curious. This might have been a common story had it not involved the complication of a bear she was protecting, the exquisite writing style, and Pearly's narrative voice and personality. That the idea came from an actual photograph delights my heart.
"I opened my eyes and everything was still dark. It was not the middle of real night, just that timeless, inward part. I waited for something to show itself, the gray to walk backwards from the room, the morning to fill up with teamsters calling out to each other as they backed the horses into their traces."
"I slipped back into myself and let the tears mackle my sight."
How to capture this read...
An unusual premise, beautiful poetic writing, unusual word choices, immersive descriptions, and a beguiling story.
Who would have thought a story about a girl with a bear she considers a brother could bear such fruit (no pun intended). This imaginative novel takes the reader into a logging camp where life is lived on the edges, and inches away from maiming or death through a variety of environmental causes. It was an education in doing without and reliance on those around you.
When circumstances force her from the woods to the "out" she struggles to find her place among the assortment of town people...the suspicious, the mean, the helpers, and the curious. This might have been a common story had it not involved the complication of a bear she was protecting, the exquisite writing style, and Pearly's narrative voice and personality. That the idea came from an actual photograph delights my heart.
December 1, 2024
I am not sure how to 'book talk' or to review this historical fiction gem of a story!!! It's unlike anything I've ever read! Here are the highlights: it's the US debut by a Canadian author; it's origins are from a photograph taken in Maine in1903 by a wildlife photographer; the photo was of a woman nursing her newborn daughter AND an orphan bear cub!
There is a lot packed into this book but never does it feel padded, nor does the actual language of the nomadic lumber camp folks, so beautifully rendered, feel artificial. The one word that comes to mind in describing this book is authentic. The people, the history, the language, and the raw emotions are all written in an authentic voice.
While the cover and basic premise of the book may suggest this is a book for young readers it's not. It's an adult fiction story wrapped in many layers of adult subjects. Highly recommend especially if you're looking for something profound and different.
There is a lot packed into this book but never does it feel padded, nor does the actual language of the nomadic lumber camp folks, so beautifully rendered, feel artificial. The one word that comes to mind in describing this book is authentic. The people, the history, the language, and the raw emotions are all written in an authentic voice.
While the cover and basic premise of the book may suggest this is a book for young readers it's not. It's an adult fiction story wrapped in many layers of adult subjects. Highly recommend especially if you're looking for something profound and different.
September 26, 2024
Pearly Everlasting was very clearly written by a poet.
Which means the language is gorgeous and has a sense of rhythm about it. But I also at times found it a bit confusing and very heavy on descriptions.
Taking place in a Canadian logging camp during the Great Depression, Pearly Everlasting is the daughter of the camp cook, weaned alongside a black bear he found. Bruno the bear becomes her brother and playmate. After he's kidnapped and sold, Pearly must venture to the Outside to find him and bring him back.
The horrible working conditions and poverty of the camp contrast sharply to the beauty of the forest. Pearly feels at home here and knows it intimately, both the light and darkness of this world. The outside world comes as a shock, and one she's poorly equipped to navigate.
The first 100 pages are slow. While the words felt evocative, sometimes I wasn't sure what was being described (like "chickadees flickered down for crusts of bread, softened in the gin-clear puddles of our melting or seizing prints.")
But the plot picks up after Bruno is taken, with adventures and journeys and finding a way back home. I loved the wistful, melancholy tone of the end and the images the author leaves us with.
It's a myth made real, based on a photograph the author had seen of a mother nursing both a bear and a child. Made "all that more ancient because bears are made of myths, constellations, deep hollows, and long stories of their escapes from men."
Which means the language is gorgeous and has a sense of rhythm about it. But I also at times found it a bit confusing and very heavy on descriptions.
Taking place in a Canadian logging camp during the Great Depression, Pearly Everlasting is the daughter of the camp cook, weaned alongside a black bear he found. Bruno the bear becomes her brother and playmate. After he's kidnapped and sold, Pearly must venture to the Outside to find him and bring him back.
The horrible working conditions and poverty of the camp contrast sharply to the beauty of the forest. Pearly feels at home here and knows it intimately, both the light and darkness of this world. The outside world comes as a shock, and one she's poorly equipped to navigate.
The first 100 pages are slow. While the words felt evocative, sometimes I wasn't sure what was being described (like "chickadees flickered down for crusts of bread, softened in the gin-clear puddles of our melting or seizing prints.")
But the plot picks up after Bruno is taken, with adventures and journeys and finding a way back home. I loved the wistful, melancholy tone of the end and the images the author leaves us with.
It's a myth made real, based on a photograph the author had seen of a mother nursing both a bear and a child. Made "all that more ancient because bears are made of myths, constellations, deep hollows, and long stories of their escapes from men."
August 16, 2024
My favorite book of 2024! I have rarely seen girl characters written with such fire in their belly. Pearly is scrappy, loyal, unconventional, and brave. People who get to know her can't help but develop a fondness for her. If you liked the 1985 movie, The Journey of Natty Gann, then this is the book for you.
June 18, 2024
4.2 Unique and memorable Canadian tale of a girl raised in the forest with a bear for a sibling.
*Edited to add: I just realized this book hasn't even been published yet! I was reading an uncorrected proof.
*Edited to add: I just realized this book hasn't even been published yet! I was reading an uncorrected proof.
February 19, 2025
“In the winter of 1903, William Lyman Underwood, a wildlife photographer, made his way to a lumber camp deep in the woods of Maine to photograph a woman nursing her newborn daughter alongside an orphan bear cub. This encounter inspired his memoir.”
This is my second book this winter featuring an orphaned bear cub that was adopted by a nursing mom! What are the chances!
First I would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this exceptional book. Set during the depression, it’s a tale steeped in the old ways. Magic, myth and superstition prevail against the backdrop of a spooky forest. Pearly Everlasting is the name of a perennial that grows in full sun and rocky soil. It is also the name of the baby girl who is raised with the abandoned baby bear named Bruno. Their story portrays their love and dedication to each other through the various mishaps and dangers they are forced to endure and overcome.
The writing is poetic. The tale is enchanting. The characters are vividly portrayed. If you can’t tell, I loved it.
This is my second book this winter featuring an orphaned bear cub that was adopted by a nursing mom! What are the chances!
First I would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this exceptional book. Set during the depression, it’s a tale steeped in the old ways. Magic, myth and superstition prevail against the backdrop of a spooky forest. Pearly Everlasting is the name of a perennial that grows in full sun and rocky soil. It is also the name of the baby girl who is raised with the abandoned baby bear named Bruno. Their story portrays their love and dedication to each other through the various mishaps and dangers they are forced to endure and overcome.
The writing is poetic. The tale is enchanting. The characters are vividly portrayed. If you can’t tell, I loved it.
February 3, 2025
A lovely tale about a girl and her bear. I felt lots of emotions as the two went on their journey. A comforting read.
December 15, 2024
This is a gorgeous book and an outrageously good story. Definitely one of the best I’ve read. So glad to have stumbled upon it!
October 13, 2024
I was thoroughly charmed by this story about a girl growing up in a logging camp with her brother Bruno, who happens to be a black bear. Life is difficult in the camp, where the workers are paid little for dangerous work and injuries are frequent. When the crooked and cruel new manager of the camp winds up dead, his nephew accuses Pearly and Bruno of being involved. When Bruno is bearnapped and sold to an animal trader, Pearly leaves the camp for the Outside to rescue her brother.
Although Pearly and Bruno find kind people in the outside world, they also find danger and cruelty. I wish more of the prose focused on Bruno, but Pearly is a heroine that will steal your heart.
Although Pearly and Bruno find kind people in the outside world, they also find danger and cruelty. I wish more of the prose focused on Bruno, but Pearly is a heroine that will steal your heart.
August 9, 2024
4 1/2 stars
Some bonds are forged by blood and some by circumstance but the bond between these siblings is one that is unbreakable. Pearly and her family live deep in the Canadian woods near a logging camp where her dad works as a cook. The night that Pearly is born her dad comes home with an orphaned bear cub and to everyone's surprise Pearly's mom accepts it as her own child nursing and raising them both as siblings. Pearly and Bruno become inseparable but when tragedy strikes that acceptance at the camp is tested and they run. The journey is long and nothing short of miraculous until Bruno is injured and they are forced to take refuge in a small town. Pearly's courage and unshakable devotion to Bruno speaks to the townspeople who lend their support. There is also someone else searching to bring them home. This story takes place during the Depression where people with so little have so much taken from them and they still manage to help. A tale based in truth this coming of age story of a girl and her brother the bear will restore your faith in humanity. The language is spot on and the author paints the wonder of the north woods beautifully. Anyone who enjoys historical fiction of pioneers, adventure seekers at odds with the land or strong bonds between human and animal will fall hard for this. My thanks to the publisher for the advance copy.
Some bonds are forged by blood and some by circumstance but the bond between these siblings is one that is unbreakable. Pearly and her family live deep in the Canadian woods near a logging camp where her dad works as a cook. The night that Pearly is born her dad comes home with an orphaned bear cub and to everyone's surprise Pearly's mom accepts it as her own child nursing and raising them both as siblings. Pearly and Bruno become inseparable but when tragedy strikes that acceptance at the camp is tested and they run. The journey is long and nothing short of miraculous until Bruno is injured and they are forced to take refuge in a small town. Pearly's courage and unshakable devotion to Bruno speaks to the townspeople who lend their support. There is also someone else searching to bring them home. This story takes place during the Depression where people with so little have so much taken from them and they still manage to help. A tale based in truth this coming of age story of a girl and her brother the bear will restore your faith in humanity. The language is spot on and the author paints the wonder of the north woods beautifully. Anyone who enjoys historical fiction of pioneers, adventure seekers at odds with the land or strong bonds between human and animal will fall hard for this. My thanks to the publisher for the advance copy.
December 29, 2024
This book may look and sound like a children’s book but don’t be fooled! This is a historical fiction based on a real bear found in a logging camp.
Pearly Everlasting is one of those girls that are tough and self sufficient. It kind of reminded me of the little house on the prairie and Julie of the wolves (without the husband or wolves and add in a bear.)
I loved the relationship between Pearly and Bruno!!
This was a slow read for me. I almost gave up in the beginning but got into the book about halfway in.
Pearly Everlasting is one of those girls that are tough and self sufficient. It kind of reminded me of the little house on the prairie and Julie of the wolves (without the husband or wolves and add in a bear.)
I loved the relationship between Pearly and Bruno!!
This was a slow read for me. I almost gave up in the beginning but got into the book about halfway in.
October 31, 2024
Pearly Everlasting is an unusual tale of a bygone era. The author recreates the sights and sounds of depression era logging camps and the surrounding woods along with the old songs and stories emerging from the campfires and cookshacks. Pearly is a compelling character whose coming of age story is more harrowing than most. Although to ir takes awhile to get into the story, you will be glad you got to know Pearly and Bruno.
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September 9, 2024Really glad I got the opportunity to read this after winning it from a giveaway. While not quite what i was expecting, it was definitely...interesting. After reading a little over 1/3 of the book it was too slow for me. Skipped a bunch and read the end to see if I wanted to read everything. I did not. A little predictable.
November 27, 2024
Loved this book, reads like a fairytale, little did I know that it was inspired by a true story called Wild Brother, by William Lyman Underwood. Enjoyed getting to know Pearly Everlasting and her twin brother Bruno, who just happens to be a bear;)
March 2, 2025
felt like home reading this!
January 23, 2025
Sweet adventure about a girl and her bear. Loved it.
December 14, 2024
This is the tale of a girl and her bear. Pearly everlasting is a plant in the aster family found in the woods.
The bear was an orphan and found by Pearl’s father a little bit before Pearly was born and so they grew up sister and brother in a woodsmen camp.
This is the story of their life together and the way the woods are in the early 1900s when men were out cutting down trees and logging and getting hurt and women who took care of them. Trials and tribulations.
This is loosely based on a true story And inevitably a story of good over evil.
I just wanted to edit my review by saying that when I read this book, I was in another world altogether. It took me away from what’s happening in my world with the election and all it was magical that way.
The bear was an orphan and found by Pearl’s father a little bit before Pearly was born and so they grew up sister and brother in a woodsmen camp.
This is the story of their life together and the way the woods are in the early 1900s when men were out cutting down trees and logging and getting hurt and women who took care of them. Trials and tribulations.
This is loosely based on a true story And inevitably a story of good over evil.
I just wanted to edit my review by saying that when I read this book, I was in another world altogether. It took me away from what’s happening in my world with the election and all it was magical that way.
January 8, 2025
Couldn't tell u the plot, non existent and didn't like the writing at all.
January 7, 2025
What a lovely book. Lyrical, poetical writing, interesting and quirky characters, emotional storyline and beautiful descriptions of the natural world. I was especially intrigued by the descriptions of daily life in the logging camps as my husband’s father worked in those New Brunswick camps around the same time period. The depiction of the dangerous work and struggles of rural poverty were spot on according to my husband’s recollections of his father’s stories.
The beginning of the book is slow moving but the pace picks up as Pearly starts out on her trek. A touching coming of age novel.
The beginning of the book is slow moving but the pace picks up as Pearly starts out on her trek. A touching coming of age novel.
January 5, 2025
Pearly Everlasting was a book I will keep in the back of my mind for a while. Pearly’s narration had me hooked from the beginning, and I am a SUCKER for a good coming of age novel. The lengths she goes to for her brother, despite people thinking she’d cracked out of her mind, were awe-inspiring. She is a trooper through and through and I loved every page of this book.
December 19, 2025
I listened to this on audio. The story takes place in a logging camp in Canada in the 1930’s. Man, those loggers had a tough life. If they had a good trail boss, the job was tough but okay. They got fair wages and were fed well. Fun fact; the loggers needed between 8 and 9,000 calories a day. They relied on a good camp cook, often following the same cook, year after year, camp after camp.
Pearly Everlasting was a young girl living in the camp with her parents and older sister, along with Pearly’s pet bear Bruno. Pearly’s father was the camp cook, her mother took care of the loggers’ injuries and illnesses. As a result, everyone just accepted having Bruno around.
A new camp boss was hired, he was mean, cheated the loggers, and took a strong dislike to Pearly and Bruno. The loggers didn’t like him, but you couldn’t leave during the logging season. No other jobs around, so they tolerated the new guy.
I don’t want to spoil anything, so I won’t say much. Bruno does get into some trouble, being a bear. Sometimes it’s just high jinx, sometimes more. Pearly is not ever going to let anything happen to her bear. She’s a headstrong teen and she’ll go to any lengths to protect “her brother”. I have to admit I was often worried for that girl. Another fun fact; a bear in captivity could live up to 40 years.
The story is beautifully written. The pace is pretty slow, but I really enjoyed listening to it.
Pearly Everlasting was a young girl living in the camp with her parents and older sister, along with Pearly’s pet bear Bruno. Pearly’s father was the camp cook, her mother took care of the loggers’ injuries and illnesses. As a result, everyone just accepted having Bruno around.
A new camp boss was hired, he was mean, cheated the loggers, and took a strong dislike to Pearly and Bruno. The loggers didn’t like him, but you couldn’t leave during the logging season. No other jobs around, so they tolerated the new guy.
I don’t want to spoil anything, so I won’t say much. Bruno does get into some trouble, being a bear. Sometimes it’s just high jinx, sometimes more. Pearly is not ever going to let anything happen to her bear. She’s a headstrong teen and she’ll go to any lengths to protect “her brother”. I have to admit I was often worried for that girl. Another fun fact; a bear in captivity could live up to 40 years.
The story is beautifully written. The pace is pretty slow, but I really enjoyed listening to it.
July 9, 2024
This lovely tale of a girl and her bear-cub brother is a delight. Though not without its share of sorrow, “Pearly Everlasting” remains light and true at heart. A cross between Dickens and Twain in the New Brunswick logging camps of the Great Depression, Tammy Armstrong has written a wonderful tall tale to go alongside Huckleberry and Pip, Tom and Oliver. Her prose is beautiful, even though it slips from time to time feeling the need to move the story along rather than basking in its vibrancy, and the adventures are, indeed, thrilling.
July 4, 2024
I read the advanced readers edition. The adventure, the love, the heartbreak and grief are all illustrated with beautifully sculpted language that sings with the local cadence of the Canadian backwoods folklore that permeates the story. Highly reminiscent of Jack London's Call of the Wild, with the same kind of gritty survival.
November 11, 2024
This is a coming-of-age take and hero’s journey but woven through with other threads: poetry, tall tales, some literary history of logging camps in depression-era New Brunswick. Beautiful complex language describes the rough life of loggers or the smells and gore that surround a rural veterinary practice. It is a very different read, but one that is well worth your time.
October 1, 2024
I got to about 80% and skimmed the rest. There were moments I enjoyed but I found it harder and harder to pick it up. It leaned heavily on lyrical language and wasn't really character driven which I prefer.
December 3, 2024
Beautiful and poetic. Took me to a place and time I would never have been otherwise. Grateful for this book
November 13, 2025
In 1903 a wildlife photographer found his way to a lumber camp deep in the woods of Maine to photograph a woman nursing her newborn daughter alongside an orphan bear cub. This is a fictional telling of that historic outstanding event.
Reset in New Brunswick, Maine where winters are harsh and unforgiving, the people live close to the land, supported by all the resources this great earth has to offer. But logging is a treacherous profession.
Pearly Everlasting is a white perennial flower. The author bestows that name to her newly created infant child. It is aptly so. The bear cub is Bruno. As she grows, Pearly proves herself to be a force of nature.
When Bruno goes missing at the hands of ugly, unsavory, mean men, Pearly Everlasting, now a teenager, sets out in defiance and fierce determination. Longing and love in her heart drives her against overwhelming odds to rescue and reunite with her beloved brother Bruno.
Those that worked the lumber camps are a culture unto themselves cut off from “the Outside.” Illustrating their way of life is the author’s use of the language "around these parts" to enhance our understanding of the people. “Wobbly pops” is an alcoholic beverage. “Useless as a drunk goose.” “Smiling off my fear.” The use of this jargon adds realism to her story allowing us to experience each character in a deeper more knowing way including a touch of underlying humor. Imagine driving a car backwards because that’s the only way it would go.
This story is an inspiring one. An unusual one. A heart wrenching, warmhearted one. Bravo to author Tammy Armstrong for pulling together the history of this event bringing it to the forefront for our enjoyment.
If this hasn’t become a movie, it sure gets my vote. I think there wouldn’t be a dry eye in the theatre, with a round of applause & cheering. This wasn’t just a book, a story, it was an experience. One I will remember for a long time.
Cover Art: Perfect. There’s a quiet reverence to its design, the choice of colors. Uncomplicated. Intimate even.
Reset in New Brunswick, Maine where winters are harsh and unforgiving, the people live close to the land, supported by all the resources this great earth has to offer. But logging is a treacherous profession.
Pearly Everlasting is a white perennial flower. The author bestows that name to her newly created infant child. It is aptly so. The bear cub is Bruno. As she grows, Pearly proves herself to be a force of nature.
When Bruno goes missing at the hands of ugly, unsavory, mean men, Pearly Everlasting, now a teenager, sets out in defiance and fierce determination. Longing and love in her heart drives her against overwhelming odds to rescue and reunite with her beloved brother Bruno.
Those that worked the lumber camps are a culture unto themselves cut off from “the Outside.” Illustrating their way of life is the author’s use of the language "around these parts" to enhance our understanding of the people. “Wobbly pops” is an alcoholic beverage. “Useless as a drunk goose.” “Smiling off my fear.” The use of this jargon adds realism to her story allowing us to experience each character in a deeper more knowing way including a touch of underlying humor. Imagine driving a car backwards because that’s the only way it would go.
This story is an inspiring one. An unusual one. A heart wrenching, warmhearted one. Bravo to author Tammy Armstrong for pulling together the history of this event bringing it to the forefront for our enjoyment.
If this hasn’t become a movie, it sure gets my vote. I think there wouldn’t be a dry eye in the theatre, with a round of applause & cheering. This wasn’t just a book, a story, it was an experience. One I will remember for a long time.
Cover Art: Perfect. There’s a quiet reverence to its design, the choice of colors. Uncomplicated. Intimate even.
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