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Life isn’t about calm. It’s about how we handle the storm.”
This is yet another descriptive and heart rendering story about WW2. The determination and need Maureen Ritter has transports her to seek safety in a world of turmoil. I’ve read all of Eoin Dempsey’s books. I feel invested in the Ritter family! Kudos to the author for another gripping novel. The American Girl is a page turner!
“Each person has a literature inside them.”
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“Besides, she had survived the searingly hot nights, when sleep was rendered impossible, by reading a miasma of English novels by Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters. They had served to fire her belief that 'true love' would one day be found.”
― The Orchid House
― The Orchid House
“I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.”
― And the Mountains Echoed
― And the Mountains Echoed
“The minute you become conscious that you are doing good, that's the minute you have to stop because from then on it's wrong.”
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“O beautiful for spacious skies
for amber waves of grain”
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for amber waves of grain”
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Ask M.L. Stedman - Friday, May 10th!
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Join us on Friday, May 10th 2013 for a special discussion with Goodread's Choice Award winner, M.L. Stedman. M.L. Stedman will be discussing her novel ...more
Ask Cathy Marie Buchanan - Wednesday, March 27th!
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Join us on Wednesday, March 27th for a special discussion with author Cathy Marie Buchanan! Cathy Marie Buchanan will be discussing her work, includin ...more
Why Writers Write About Maine - Tuesday, July 9th
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Why is Maine a place writer’s love writing about? Join us on Tuesday, July 9th for a chat with these four writers who talk about why Maine was or is a ...more
The Century Trilogy
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For people who love the Trilogy by Ken Follett
Ask Tara Conklin and Christina Baker Kline!
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Bestselling authors Tara Conklin and Christina Baker Kline are teaming up and spending the day answering your questions in this group! Join us on Fri ...more
Gail’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Gail’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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