The circumstances of your childhood determine your character, the entire course of your future, your fate, your destiny, all of it. You are just a mere slave to your subconscious.” Lulu reflects. Do you agree? How did her childhood and her relationship to her newspaper mogul father shape her life and affect her destiny? What about the other characters in this book? How did their childhoods direct the course of their lives?

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The stories of two remarkable women a generation apart are cleverly intertwined in Williams’s sweeping family saga...Williams illuminates the story with exotic locales and bygone ambience, and seduces with the irresistible Windsors. Readers will appreciate the wartime espionage that keeps the suspense high." — Publishers Weekly Life is made up of these little crossroads, after all,” he said. “A million daily forks in the road.”After watching a teacher get shot by another student, Manuel is struggling with PTSD. He finds himself anxious and often dissociating--and only his photography seems to be able to stop. When some new friends introduce him to the simple beauty of farm and county-living, Manuel finds that there might be a way through his anxiety and that opening up to his new friends might not be so bad.

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LGBTQ+ readers will appreciate the gentle, organic way a love story emerges throughout the story.” ― School Library Connection, starred review

Beatriz Williams is the author of several different historical fiction novels. Despite my love for the genre, this is actually the first time I’ve read one of her stories. And I’m definitely a fan of her writing style—you can tell she definitely does her historical research. With a soft start and a gentle build, Smith’s graphic novel details the realities of Manuel’s trauma response while reveling in subdued, generous scenes that showcase the three friends’ everyday joys.” ― Publishers Weekly, starred review Okay, 2.5 stars. This book was really, really slow to start. In fact, I would say I didn’t actually become interested in all of the storylines until 3/4s the way through. The only thing that kept me going was Elfriede’s story.