A Short Walk Through a Wide World

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by Douglas Westerbeke

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Hi! Recommended reading age / Content warning? Thanks!

Paul This book is for adult audiences.
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Hi, I just got an email from Netgalley featuring this ARC as "read now" for a week. I would be interested but I can't figure out the age group. The MC is nine years old, but the book is Netgally categorized as "General Fiction (Adult)" and "New Adult. Could you clarify the age group? Thank you!

dierdre It just starts off with being 9 years old. Its definitely adult.

The blurb starts with two anachronisms: A French girl named Aubry in 1885 (that wasn't a name given to girls until the 1970s, and then mostly in the US), and a little girl with a backpack (not a thing until the late 1940s). Is the rest of the book as anachronistic?

Leah The use of the name Aubry annoyed me also.

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