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Michal Jenkins' memoir is a beautiful story with depth and range to qualify as both a gentle read and an evocative account of rural Europe after war had taken its toll. The story spans the summer of 1951 during which a young English boy is sent by his parents for the first time to visit a family only ever referred to as the "the aunts in Flanders". In this manner begins the very human story of being vulnerable and embracing the unknown. The young man discovers a connection with a family not trul
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