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SUMMARY:NOVEL CONVERSATION
LOCATION:Main Library\nMain Library
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DESCRIPTION:Third Floor\, Boardroom.\nhttps://fcdlibrary.libnet.info/event
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="text-align: center\;"><img src="htt
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 lora_Lea.jpg" width="64" height="96" style="display: block\; margin-left: 
 auto\; margin-right: auto\;" /><a href="https://catalog.clcohio.org/polari
 s/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=27.1033.0.0.12&amp\;type=Keyword&amp\;term
 =the%20secret%20book%20of%20flora%20lea&amp\;by=KW&amp\;sort=RELEVANCE&amp
 \;limit=TOM=*&amp\;query=&amp\;page=0&amp\;searchid=1">The Secret Book of 
 Flora Lea</a></p>\n<p>In the war-torn London of 1939\, fourteen-year-old H
 azel and five-year-old Flora are evacuated to a rural village to escape th
 e horrors of the Second World War. Living with the kind Bridie Aberdeen an
 d her teenage son\, Harry\, in a charming stone cottage along the River Th
 ames\, Hazel fills their days with walks and games to distract her young s
 ister\, including one that she creates for her sister and her sister alone
 &mdash\;a fairy tale about a magical land\, a secret place they can escape
  to that is all their own.</p>\n<p>But the unthinkable happens when young 
 Flora suddenly vanishes while playing near the banks of the river. Shatter
 ed\, Hazel blames herself for her sister&rsquo\;s disappearance\, and she 
 carries that guilt into adulthood as a private burden she feels she deserv
 es.</p>\n<p>Twenty years later\, Hazel is in London\, ready to move on fro
 m her job at a cozy rare bookstore to a career at Sotheby&rsquo\;s. With a
  charming boyfriend and her elegantly timeworn Bloomsbury flat\, Hazel&rsq
 uo\;s future seems determined. But her tidy life is turned upside down whe
 n she unwraps a package containing an illustrated book called Whisperwood 
 and the River of Stars . Hazel never told a soul about the imaginary world
  she created just for Flora. Could this book hold the secrets to Flora&rsq
 uo\;s disappearance? Could it be a sign that her beloved sister is still a
 live after all these years?</p>\n<p>As Hazel embarks on a feverish quest\,
  revisiting long-dormant relationships and bravely opening wounds from her
  past\, her career and future hang in the balance. An astonishing twist ul
 timately reveals the truth in this transporting and refreshingly original 
 novel about the bond between sisters\, the complications of conflicted lov
 e\, and the enduring magic of storytelling.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\
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 /></a>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>*****<br />F
 or an invitation to the meeting by Zoom\, contact: hbolte@fcdlibrary.org</
 p>\nhttps://fcdlibrary.libnet.info/event/11756404
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