suekinaz 's review for:

The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate

4.0

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Another fascinating aspect of American history that was completely unknown (untaught?) to me. Dual timelines are used to contrast a current-era English teacher trying to reach students in a “throw-away” school with three women from the plantation that anchors the area and their post-Civil War ordeal.

Wingate does a marvelous job, once again, of creating characters to care for, in believable settings that are not overwrought with extraneous detail.

Well researched.

Thanks to Net Galley for the ARC