Sometimes you pick up a book and you can't look away. Time stands still as the pages fly by. Such is the transformative power of Penny Chamberlain's "Songs from a Small (in a Minor Key). Highly recommended.
Amazon review
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I love how this book is written. It is a collection of 12 short stories looking at an event from multiple perspectives. Characters intersect through the stories in peripheral ways that drive continuity and change the readers perceptions as more information emerges about the people in this small town. Highly recommend!
Amazon review
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I loved how she twined the stories together to reveal one vision of a place and people. I loved the hope at the end. This is a must read book, I highly recommend it.
Goodreads review
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Life in this town is far from idyllic, and Chamberlain reminds the reader of this through setting descriptions that are all the more lively when placed in contrast to the drab places they detail. Similarly, she describes the feelings of townspeople during the deterioration of the quaint small town illusion. Though the town may appear to be based on multi-generational connections and close family ties, the panic of this uncertain disease shows how a desire for self-preservation quickly pulls the town apart. The community swiftly becomes a place of sidelong glances, For Sale signs, and whispers in the street: “They aren’t contagious, are they?”
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