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Kate & Frida
Kate & Frida: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Books | Kim Fay
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From the author of instant national bestseller Love & Saffron, this bright and comforting novel follows the surprising friendship between two young women in 1990s Seattle and Paris, illuminating the power of books to change our lives. Sometimes a book can change your life... Twentysomething Frida Rodriguez arrives in Paris in 1991, relishing the citys butter-soaked cuisine and seeking her future as a war correspondent. But then she writes to a bookshop in Seattle, and receives more than just the book she requests. A friendship begins that will redefine the person she wants to become. Seattle bookseller Kate Fair is transformed by Fridas free spirit, spurred to believe in herself as a writer, to kiss her handsome coworker, and to find beauty even in loss. Through the most tumultuous years of their young livespersonally and globallyKate and Frida sustain and nourish each other as they learn the necessity of embracing joy, especially through our darkest hours. This mouthwatering oasis of a novel is a love letter to bookshops and booksellers, to the passion we bring to life in our twenties, and to the last precious years before the internet changed everything.
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kspenmoll
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This book is an epistolary novel,containing a letter exchange between young adults Kate from Seattle & Frida from CA,but living in Paris.The letters reveal their search for identity & purpose in life.They chronicle their growth & maturity,their loves & losses, & overtime,reveal their meaning to each other.Ultimately,despite life‘s darkness(Frida goes to Bosnia during its”hidden”war & genocide in the 1990s),they take actions out of love & hope.

DebinHawaii I adored Love & Saffron & I‘m excited to read this one! 2d
tpixie I live epistolary novels 2d
quietjenn I really liked this one! 2d
kspenmoll @DebinHawaii I loved love and saffron too given that I think you‘ll really enjoy this novel (edited) 2d
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kspenmoll
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This book is full of love & hope amidst heartbreak.
#14books14weeks #week4

TieDyeDude ❤ ❤ ❤ 4d
lil1inblue 💓💓💓💓💓 4d
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 4d
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kspenmoll
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#14weeks14books
#Week4

Just starting this epistolary novel this afternoon.

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janeycanuck
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I love an epistolary novel - and this was a really lovely one about a friendship blossoming between two young women. I loved where each woman started and where they ended up. And the descriptions of food made me salivate.

TheBookgeekFrau Stacked! I love an epistolary novel 😊 1mo
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quietjenn
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This maybe didn't hit quite as hard as Love & Saffron - which I read in one delicious gulp - but it still gave me all the feels and I loved it.