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Fallen for France

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"Well written but painful! I hope our poor boy's life improves." — Oct 10, 2026 09:40PM

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Tidal Wave: The Pilot, the Princess, and the Enemy Ace--the Unlikely Alliance that Launched the Great Escape of WWII

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The Unfinished Work

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“We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

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“New Canaan had this look, like a magazine after it’s tossed on the fire, the way the pages blacken and curl as they begin to burn, but just before the flames take over.”
― Stephen Markley, Ohio

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“It wasn’t dying that she feared, it was dying bad: leaving her grandboy alone in the world, unprotected, his wounds unhealed. Death, which walked ever through these mountains, knew she would not go down easy.”
― Taylor Brown, Gods of Howl Mountain

tags: granny-may, historical-fiction, southern-fiction, southern-gothic

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“.."I know there are some rotten apples out there, but take it from me, this old world of ours, flawed as it may be, is a much better place than you have been told.”
― Fannie Flagg, The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop

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