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The Garden of Letters
The Garden of Letters | Alyson Richman
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In World War II Italy, cello prodigy Elodie Bertolotti joins the Italian Resistance to Mussolini's fascist regime, and soon she must seek sanctuary with a young doctor who has painful secrets of his own. By the author of The Lost Wife. Includes readers' group guide. Original. 100,000 first printing.
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TheSpineView
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#AugustAuthors @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620
#AlysonRichman

I know she is more know for The Lost Wife. However, I love this quote from The Garden of Letters.

OriginalCyn620 So true! 📚❤️ 4y
tdrosebud While I loved The Lost Wife, this is my favorite of hers that I've read so far. 4y
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TheSpineView @tdrosebud 👍📚😊 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks The Velvet Hours is my favorite!! I LOVED The Lost Wife too!! ❤️❤️❤️ 4y
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OriginalCyn620
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 4y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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#Grass (not really, will be lilies!)

#BloomingBibliophiles

#LitsyLove went out this am!

OriginalCyn620 Nice pic! 4y
Pageturner1 Call me “stupid” but as I was scrolling through the leaves were coming up and for a moment I thought Maryjane?! Then I seen what it was. LOL 😂 this social distancing has got me crazy!! 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Pageturner1 Bahahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣 4y
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TheBookHippie @Pageturner1 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🤣 4y
TheBookHippie @Pageturner1 it‘s 4/20 all of April so... 4y
Pageturner1 @TheBookHippie 😆🤣 😎 4y
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Kelly326
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My #bookspin book for April. It has been sitting on my shelves for ages after reading The Velvet Hours in book club at least 3 years ago. A great WWII story set in Italy. I wish I had not waited so long to read it. @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Great review, and yay for getting books read that have been on the shelf for years!! 4y
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tdrosebud
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1. Partly cloudy, 78 F
2. Lilacs, hyacinths
3. Tagged, for historical fiction

@Eggs #wondrouswednesday

Eggs ❤️Alyson Richman❤️ 4y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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#Garden
#BloomingBibliophiles

These will be my lilies 🌼🌸🌷🌹

OriginalCyn620 Nice pic! 4y
kspenmoll So green!!‘ 4y
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JaneyWaneyB Love this time of year when everything starts sprouting and the gorgeous greens are all around 🌱🌳💚💚 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @JaneyWaneyB me too!! Gives me hope!! 💚💚 4y
JaneyWaneyB Definitely, better days are coming 😊🙌💚 4y
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Lynnsoprano
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#7days7covers #covercrush Day1

Thanks for the tag @ValerieAndBooks This will be fun!

@CoffeeLitNFit would you like to join in? Post a favorite cover for seven days with the hashtags. No explanation or book description needed. You can tag a person each day, but since you‘re new to Litsy and just getting to know us, it‘s not required. Very little is actually required around here 😄

ValerieAndBooks That looks very peaceful!!

P.S. I'll try to email today 😊
5y
CoffeeLitNFit @Lynnsoprano thanks for the tag! So fun! Just posted my first cover. 5y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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My neighbors already know I‘m the crazy flower- book lady!! I had to climb up in a stool to take this because these are so tall!! Oh well 🤣🤷🏼‍♀️ Looks like I‘ll only be traveling to my front yard!! Lol!!

#Garden
#LetsTravelJuly

OriginalCyn620 The stool climbing was worth it...great pic! 🌼 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620 haha!!! Thank you!! 😉😉 5y
SilversReviews Love the photo. 5y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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Eggs Oh I want to read this so much!! 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs me too!!! Lol will I ever get to them all?! 5y
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Eggs
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Thank you Debra for your giveaway opportunity 💗👏🏻💗🤗

I enjoy magical realism such as Sarah Addison Allen; and of course the master of such is Ray Bradbury‘s Dandelion Wine 🍷 which I read every summer 🥰

My most wished-for book is tagged. Nobody spins a story like Alyson Richman! After reading Velvet Hours and Lost Wife, I hunger for The Garden of Letters!!!
#Debras5kgiveaway

Recommended4Reading I love Sarah Addison Allen's books...Garden Spells, First Frost... I haven't read them all yet, but she is definitely a go-to author in my book! 5y
Deblovestoread Thanks for entering! 5y
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Lynnsoprano
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Oh, goodness, how this made me cry! An incredibly beautiful interweaving of two tragic stories that produces a hopeful, positive ending. As usual, I‘m drawn to a character who is a musician, but one who uses her talent in an unusual way. I‘ve read any number of novels set during WWII, and this ranks up there with the best of them for me. Thanks again, @tdrosebud You nailed it😘

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Lynnsoprano
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It was great having the together for the holiday weekend, but now that they have headed home, it‘s some well deserved reading time for me😄 I had put this aside when I brought home a library book, then finished a book borrowed from my son‘s library so it could go home with them. Glad to get back to this.

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Lynnsoprano
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For a variety of reasons, I have not been reading much lately. But hubby has an appointment with the orthopedist (flare-up of tennis elbow), so I have some quality reading time, because this doctor is wonderful but always running behind 😂 Really enjoying this book.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I love her books ❤️❤️ 5y
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Lynnsoprano
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About to start this gift from @tdrosebud that got buried under a pile of other books. Interestingly, this is the second book in as many weeks with a major character named Elodie. I‘m looking forward to this, and it has to be one of the most beautiful covers in my library.

Eggs 💗💗Alyson Richman 5y
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tdrosebud
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1. A great historical fiction, also Anne Bishop's Black Jewels trilogy for fantasy.
2. Yes
3. 48 F
4. I don't think I have any, I tend to stick to basic foods
5. @OnePageAtATime @Crazeedi join the fun if you haven't already!

#friyayintro @howjessreads

Crazeedi Thanks for tag! Will do! 5y
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Lynnsoprano
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@tdrosebud you are so generous! Thank you for all these goodies! I‘m excited to read all these books. I can‘t believe your thoughtfulness to ensure the Earl Grey is decaf😘 Hubby is eyeing the chocolates already😂 Thanks again, and I hope your Valentines Day is a special one. You‘ve definitely boosted mine. #cupidgoespostal

hermyknee ♥️♥️♥️ 5y
hermyknee @tdrosebud makes the most thoughtful swap packages 🥰 5y
AmyG I love the music clip! 5y
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Crazeedi Awesome prizes! Have a wonderful Valentine's Day Lynn!❤️🌹 5y
Lynnsoprano @Crazeedi And the same to you ❤️❤️ 5y
tdrosebud @Lynnsoprano I'm so happy that you like everything. Enjoy! 5y
tdrosebud @hermyknee 😊😊 5y
BookishTrish To decaf! 5y
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tdrosebud
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This book features one of the most beautiful ways to cherish one's #loveletters
#ANewChapter @vkois88 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘ve got to read this!! 5y
vkois88 Beautiful cover ❤ 5y
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Amiable
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I loved "The Lost Wife" by this same author and was eager to read another book by her. This one is set in WWII Italy. But it skewed much too heavily toward the romance genre, which I really don't like.

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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I know this book will be awesome because I LOVED The Velvet Hours and The Lost Wife, I just can‘t get to it!!! Anyone read it?!

#Leaves
#Fallintospring

tdrosebud ❤❤❤❤I loved this book! I've read this one, The Lost Wife, and The Last Van Gogh. Garden of Letters is by far my favorite so far, and I'm planning to read the rest of them. 5y
kspenmoll Have not read it- looks good. 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @tdrosebud are you serious?! This is your fav?! I‘ve got to move it up then!!!!!! ❤️❤️🍁🍂 5y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @kspenmoll ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
tracey38 Sounds good. And what a beautiful wreath. 5y
tdrosebud @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Of the 3 of hers I've read, this is my favorite, definitely a 5 star. I do love them all though. She's quickly becoming a favorite author. 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @tdrosebud mine too!! She‘s awesome!! 5y
vkois88 Beautiful ❤ 🍁 5y
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tdrosebud
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1. Tagged
2. Andrew M. Greeley
3. The Goonies
4. Greek yogurt, although there are many others.

#manicmonday #letterg @JoScho

JoScho Goonies never say die! 💀🖤 6y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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#Garden
#AugustIsATrip

I loved The Lost Wife and The Velvet Hours so I know I‘ll love this one!! 💗

Maggie_Reads I loved those books too! I bought The Garden of Letters to be my next Alyson Richman read too. (edited) 6y
vkois88 😍😍😍 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Maggie_Reads 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 6y
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JazzFeathers
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Is not everyday that l come across a novel set in my town.
I suppose l'll have to get it 😁

Cathythoughts If its set in Verona, sure you have to get it 👍 (edited) 6y
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KimM
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Such a beautiful story. Highly recommend. ❤️❤️❤️