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There’s very little furniture to alleviate the vast openness of it—just a few pieces I imagine date back to William the Conqueror and are worth enough to pay for all the care Winnie will need for the rest of her life. There’s also a pair of
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I expected a so-so read but I really enjoyed this book. While it is in the cozy/ mystery category, the characters were well developed and the narration was well written. I thought I had it figured out but there were a few surprises. I'm looking forward to the second book by this author.
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“She walked into the kitchen, turned on the light and saw through the window that the eastern sky as dark red. It was her favorite time of the day. She stepped out onto the back step. It was cool. She also liked it when it was cold and she could stand there taking in the cold morning while the sky was red, and time stopped stood still, and rested for a minute. People thought that time never stood still, except in Joshua when the sun stood still; but she knew that for a minute before sunrise when the sky began to lighten, showing dark early clouds, there was often a pause when nothing moved, not even time, and she was always happy to be up and in that moment; sometimes she tried to stand perfectly still, to not move with time not moving, and it seemed that if she were not careful she might slip out of this world and into another. That made the moment risky, bright shining, and very still at the same time. She hoped that when her time came, it would be close to morning, and she could wait for the still moment.”
― Walking Across Egypt
― Walking Across Egypt
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