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By: BLENH 017
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2025-06-09 08:53:42 |
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Rare for us, everyone in our group of 10 read this book and loved it. Well-written, a riveting story and great flow, even with the 3 different narratives. We would highly recommend this book and author! |
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By: WHANG 036
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2025-05-19 09:49:07 |
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Delightful, easy read. Elizabeth's 'incident' kept us intrigued. Lovely to have a child's voice play a key role. |
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By: PIOPIO 001
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2025-02-28 09:27:44 |
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Everyone in our group loved this beautifully written book. The characters were believable and crafted by their life experience. The small town setting of Solace was perfect as each of the main characters were in need of solace. Good discussion. |
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By: MARLB 002
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2025-02-17 12:29:14 |
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Our whole group really loved this book. We found the characters believable and the plot engrossing. We enjoyed the way the relationships were gradually revealed between the characters. Several of us enjoyed it so much that we borrowed another book by the same author. Our first 5 star book. |
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By: WELL 022
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2024-10-21 11:37:10 |
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The group enjoyed both the book and the discussion questions. |
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By: ASHB 004
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2024-07-08 10:27:03 |
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We all really enjoyed this book. Even though there were some heavy themes - loss, trust, grief - there was kindness, compassion and hope - and real characters. Beautiful language, characters and setting. |
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By: HAMIL 062
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2024-06-12 14:15:38 |
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Everyone really liked this book, especially the sympathetically drawn characters. We had a good discussion about trust and honesty in relationships and the damage that can be done. |
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By: PALMN 029
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2024-03-30 13:46:31 |
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A lovely story of how people come into each other's lives and help each other. It shows how important it is to have someone to talk to and listen to and how these relationships can shape our lives. An easy read that was well liked by all. |
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By: MATAM 001
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2023-11-22 14:09:54 |
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We all enjoyed this gentle story of a small town and the caring interaction of its inhabitants. It was easy to read, drawing us in in the lives of the townsfolk with a poignancy we found very realistic and satisfying. As small town people ourselves, we could identify with the people of Solace. A lovely read to end our year. |
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By: UPMP 003
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2023-07-24 10:19:36 |
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Everyone LOVED this book. Easy read, 'larger' print and an interesting page turner. Funny, sad, poignant and left you wanting more... |
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By: MAST 010
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2023-07-19 10:18:01 |
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Most of the group enjoyed the book - producing some interesting discussion. |
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By: BLENH 022
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2023-07-19 10:01:07 |
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A unanimous "Loved it". It was an easy read and each reader was pulled through the storyline from "go to whoa". Several read it in a day! One person read it twice. It was given the highest score since our group's inception. |
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By: CHCH 299
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2023-07-11 11:26:14 |
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One of the few books everyone enjoyed. Despite its easy to read gentle style, the story contains lots of complexity and emotion, making it a satisfying read. |
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By: MATAM 004
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2023-07-10 12:01:18 |
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This was a great read and robustly discussed by our group. In this era it was common to withhold bad news from children in order to protect. But trust is everything, and easily undermined. Never underestimate the consequences of secrets and lies on a child. |
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By: TIMAR
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2023-06-22 14:09:07 |
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All members of our group enjoyed this novel. Perfectly described characters. Some found the jumping backwards and forwards in time difficult, and the ending not convincing. We will be seeking out more of Mary Lawson's writing. |
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By: TIMAR 004
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2023-05-22 11:49:14 |
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A satisfying read. A study of attitudes in the 70s where children were not included in some of life's sadder moments, and how that impacted in the child's mental health. |
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By: WELL 001
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2023-04-17 14:52:30 |
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We all enjoyed this book very much. It was easy to read (provided you took notice of the movements backwards and forwards in time). Several members who knew that part of Canada thought the descriptions captured it well. The characters were well thought out. Recommended. |
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By: CHCH 095
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2023-02-13 11:27:28 |
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This book was enjoyed by all members. While the individual characters had their own complexities the stories were woven well together. Recommended as a light read for other groups. |
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By: CHCH 344
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2022-11-25 14:24:24 |
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Really enjoyed the characters and easy to read. |
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By: CHCH 512
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2022-10-31 13:44:14 |
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We really enjoyed this story. An easy read. |
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By: ASHB 015
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2022-06-29 11:41:54 |
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This book was enjoyed by all members of our group. An easy read with a complex weaving of characters and relationships. |
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By: HOKITIK 001
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2022-06-20 12:18:49 |
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We all liked this book. Lovely writing style and good characterisation. |
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By: RAUM 001
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2022-04-22 12:40:10 |
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Highly recommended ( as are others by this author). Genuine sounding child characters and many layers to the story. It explores relationships between parents and children, spouses and neighbours, in a realistic way. |
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