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Mystery of Hollow Places
Mystery of Hollow Places | Rebecca Podos
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The Mystery of Hollow Places is a gorgeously written, stunningly original novel of love, loss, and identity, from debut author Rebecca Podos.All Imogene Scott knows of her mother is the bedtime story her father told her as a child. It s the story of how her parents met: he, a forensic pathologist; she, a mysterious woman who came to identify a body. A woman who left Imogene and her father when she was a baby, a woman who was always possessed of a powerful loneliness, a woman who many referred to as troubled waters. Now Imogene is seventeen, and her father, a famous author of medical mysteries, has struck out in the middle of the night and hasn t come back. Neither Imogene s stepmother nor the police know where he could ve gone, but Imogene is convinced he s looking for her mother. And she decides it s up to her to put to use the skills she s gleaned from a lifetime of reading her father s books to track down a woman she s only known in stories in order to find him and, perhaps, the answer to the question she s carried with her for her entire life."
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JanuarieTimewalker13 I‘m LOVING these quotes today!! Thanks for posting! 6y
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️

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Imogene's mom left when she was a baby. At seventeen, her father has gone missing. Imogene sets out looking for her father, starting with the clue he left her.
I loved that this story incorporated mental illnesses in a real, honest way. In many ways my younger self could relate to Imogene.
During her journey to find her father, Imogene begins to find herself. This story felt authentic, right down the typical seventeen year old woes.

Books88 #Stacked this sounds like a good one! 7y
zezeki Sounds really interesting, and the cover is fantastic! 7y
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After her father goes missing, seventeen year old Imogene Scott tries to follow the clues he left behind while still grappling with the mystery surrounding her mother's abandonment years before. I really connected to Imogene, introvert and lover of mystery novels. This book does a good job of making allusions to detective fiction while still exploring mental illness in parents and depression without being too bleak.

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"You know how there are precious books you hold like eggs or something, and you read them only in special places when you want to feel like a grown-up, and you wash your hands so you won't blotch them with your terrible human fingers? 'Rebecca' isn't one of those."

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Previewing a new book for the library tonight. It certainly has an intriguing title.

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Fancypants
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Mehso-so

A mystery style story with lessons on teen angst/discovery. Overall just an ok read for me. Some of it felt convenient and the characters didn't quite have as much depth at all times either.

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Imogene is seventeen, and her father, a famous author of medical mysteries, has struck out in the middle of the night and hasn‘t come back. Neither Imogene‘s stepmother nor the police know where he could‘ve gone, but she is convinced he‘s looking for her mother. And she decides it‘s up to her to put to use the skills from a lifetime of reading her father‘s books to track down a woman she‘s only known in stories in order to find him.

#TBR😱📚

Books-In-Bloom This is on my tbr too. Sounds really good. :) 8y
MidnightBookGirl I read this and really liked it! 8y
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oblongirl
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I'm selling books at a gardening conference today, but I have this excellent read as my companion.

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I feel like this dealt with mental health of a parent in a very realistic way.