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Another good audiobook borrowed online from our library about three siblings originally from a small city in Maine (Lewiston-Auburn area). Delves into their background histories and how the two brothers escaped and made a life for themselves in NYC. Meanwhile, back in their native city, a large group of Somali refugees have moved in and are causing tensions with the natives. A nephew gets tangled up with them and this ends up drawing back the two brothers. Tensions are high--understandings are r
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Strout's wonderfully refreshing writing shines through once again. This book gave me a measure of hope for families, for immigrants, and for healing.
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Another literary gem from Elizabeth Strout. The Burgess Boys is the story of three siblings, Jim, Bob, and Susan Burgess who grew up in Shirley Falls, Maine, the same town found in the novel Olive Kitteridge. In their youth (Jim-8-the twins Bob and Susan-4) their father was killed in a tragic accident. He had left the children in the car to go down to the end of the drive and young Bob slipped the car out of gear allowing it to roll down and cause the death of their father. Their lives were chan
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