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This is a heartbreaking and gorgeous book told by Kit, a half Cherokee, half white girl, a wonderful, sometimes naive, sometimes incredibly astute child. Verble has a quiet, masterful way with this story that does not minimize any of the terrible realities chronicled within it. Full review at https://booknaround.blogspot.com/2023/10/review-stealing-by-margaret-verble.html

Finally, after a failed start on this tome back in 2012, I started over eleven years later and finished it. Jensen, if you don‘t know him, is a prolific writer whose work typically concentrates on the rampant destruction which industrial civilization inflicts on us and the planet. This particular book is a little off beat in that he explores dreams and those who may be working and informing us “from other sides.” Not his best, but decent.

Some beautiful and fascinating character studies. Love how each chapter dives into one character's little world, and then ties them all together throughout but especially at the end. Keeping with the theme of seeing into the lives of people who I would never have the chance to know in real life. What an interesting slice of humanity, this secluded russian peninsula.

Such a great book to reread! I forgot this was centered around a mystery of missing girls because what I took away from it was the vibrant portrait of life on the Kamchatka Peninsula. The tension among villages and cities and nomads or between indigenous folks and ethnic Russians. This reads more like a novel-in-stories with each chapter revolving around different people whose lives intersect in the final chapter. So good! #Bookspin Art info ⬇️

Little late but here‘s my #bookspin and #doublespin plus a look at my up-next shelf! Disappearing is a reread and Favorites is a new @AardvarkBookClub pick. So many books to look forward to!

Finally finished this book I started months ago😅 The story is really interesting- but at times I wished for more! There are many snippet‘s of people‘s lives and I was invested in so many and was hoping to learn more about each of the characters, but we never dove deeper into one of their stories. They were mentioned and entangled in other stories but I wanted more! I do recommend it nonetheless! 4/5 ⭐️ (Kirby is excited about it too😂)

Accidentally twinning with my book😁

Today was long and ridiculous but I came home to lots of book mail! I won a prize package for our summer reading program at the library!! The artwork is from the tagged book.

Kit Crockett, what a kid! She is incredibly smart, lovable, kind, giving, strong, and oh what a survivor. She is a young Cherokee girl that has lost her mother to TB. Life sends her evil people, the sad thing is they are people who are not supposed to be evil which makes it all the more shocking.