Books by Sarah Addison Allen
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review 1: I forgot to add this one to my currently reading shelf. It's taken me a few weeks to read. This book was a much, much slower read than Sarah Addison Allen's other books. There wasn't as magical a quality to it. This was more like looking into a retro type setting, kind of lik...
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review 1: The Firefly Dance is a collection of four short stories. The first story is a tale of the children of Holocaust survivors entwined with a changing world. We see a link between the disappearance of the specialty store and the personal service provided and the tenuous nature of mem...
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review 1: Short prelude to Lost Lake. I read the novel first, then this, but still it was charming short, thoughtful piece. Actually, knowing how the story ended, then reading this, I was smiling, because I the happy ending while I viewed Kate again through the eyes if her being lost.It ma...
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review 1: A touching story about the depth of friendship and the strength of forgiveness. Agatha and Georgie were best friends back in the summer of 1936 until the appearance of a stranger seemed to have torn them apart. A women's society club founded in friendship begun in 1936 begins t...
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review 1: I hope Ms. Allen writes A LOT more! I'm following her! I love the fantasy mixed with reality; I'd love to have wallpaper that changed with your moods, or the in anticipation of what will happen today. Thanks for the gentle handling of a REALLY tall person like Mr. Wadlow, who ...
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review 1: Gosh, I just really enjoyed this book. Nothing much happens, what does is pretty predictable, but there is something about that area of magical realism that, when nicely written, sucks me in.Set in the south, the story does a nice job of showing the characters that the stereotype...
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review 1: Easy to read enjoyable story. I enjoyed the little bit of "magic"
review 2: The only thing wrong with this book was that it was too short.
review 2: The only thing wrong with this book was that it was too short.
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review 1: Another instance where Goodreads needs 1/2 stars because this is a definite 3.5 star book. Loved the setting. Liked the variety of characters. Enjoyed watching the fear dissipate from the characters lives as they learned to live the lives they were meant to while learning to be t...