mollies_reads 's review for:

The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames

5.0

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what a beautiful historical fiction based loosely off of the author’s family tree and history. I always love a good story that travels through time and place, such as us following Stella Fortuna from Ievoli, Italy to Hartford, Connecticut and the haunting deaths that followed her. Very much like real life, this story had heartbreakingly beautiful moments and too-true to life trauma. Following Stella’s life from her mother’s birth to her own death was a rollercoaster of emotion and I highly recommend this read. Because it is such a realistic fiction there is no happy ending but such is life. Despite this, this novel is truly beautiful and I would read again.