4 star review
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In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson turns his meticulous storytelling lens toward one of history’s most pivotal moments: Winston Churchill’s first year as Prime Minister during World War II. Covering the period from May 1940 through May 1941, the book blends political history with intimate personal details, following Churchill, his family, and the citizens of London…
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Set in the remote hills surrounding Cades Cove during the 1930s and ’40s, Revelator by Daryl Gregory follows Stella, a young girl raised within an isolated Appalachian family devoted to a mysterious, silent god they call Ghostdaddy. After tragedy fractures her childhood, Stella grows into adulthood carrying both trauma and unanswered questions about the faith…
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