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Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
94 posts | 4 read | 5 to read
One family. One table. One meal. 350 years. This dramatic, highly inventive novel presents the story of one family through many generations, as Thanksgiving dinner is prepared. The narrative moves swiftly and richly through time and changes as we experience the lives of the Morleys against the background of historical events. This is history that comes fully alive, for we become part of the family ourselves, sharing their fortunes and tragedies, knowing their truths from their lies, watching their possessions handed down or lost forever. All along, in the same house, in the same room, Morley women are getting dinner ready, one part at a time, in a room that begins with a hearth of Colonial times and ends as a present-day kitchen. Thanksgiving serves up history in a lively, entertaining way that offers an original viewpoint of the everyday concerns of one family across the generations.
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inthegreensandblues
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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1. Charlie's 6th adoption anniversary ❤️
2. Relaxed, peaceful Thanksgiving ❤️
3. One of my closest friends got engaged ❤️
4-5. Had a couple of dates with a guy who I really really like 😍
#5JoysFriday
@DebinHawaii

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 3w
julieclair Wonderful joys! 3w
mcctrish What a great week ❤️ 3w
DebinHawaii Excellent joys! 💛💛💛 Happy Adoption Anniversary Charlie 🐱💛 & yay for good dates! 🎉 Thanks for joining in! 3w
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Ellie_H
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Happy Thanksgiving for everyone. I am most thankful for my friends and family for encouraging me do@to incredible things. 🦃🍂🍃🍁

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Texreader
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Happy Thanksgiving to all the US Littens. And thank you to all the Littens who make litsy such an awesome community

Ruthiella Happy Thanksgiving! 3w
TheBookgeekFrau Happy Thanksgiving! 🧡🤎🧡 3w
dabbe HT! 💛🤎🧡 3w
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Texreader
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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I‘m getting excited!!

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Kappadeemom
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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1. Red velvet cake
2. Key lime pie (I live in Florida🦩)
3. Strawberry pretzel pie 😋. #TNT @dabbe

dabbe How could you not live in Florida and not adore key lime pie, right? 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing! 🤎🍁🧡 1mo
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LiseWorks
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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It's turkey day here in Canada 🇨🇦 Hope everyone is having a great day.

Ruthiella Happy Thanksgiving! 🍁 2mo
dabbe Happy Thanksgiving! 🖤🧡🖤 2mo
curiouserandcurioser @LiseWorks Happy Thanksgiving🤎🧡 2mo
Kitta Happy Thanksgiving! 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 🧡 2mo
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Graciouswarriorprincess
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Happy Thanksgiving!

AnnR 🍁🦃🍂 Happy Thanksgiving! (edited) 13mo
Graciouswarriorprincess @AnnR Happy Thanksgiving!🦃🍽 13mo
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GatheringBooks
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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#DivineDecember Day 12: Grateful to have been able to spend time with #Family during Thanksgiving week as my childhood friend (my daughter‘s godmother) hosted us in their home in Everett, Washington - with this fierce and tender part-Belgian-shepherd named Chessie. Howling, barking, sweetest dog. Looking forward to coming back in a week to spend Christmas/New Year break with #family in the Bay Area (Antioch). 💕💕💕

Hooked_on_books Chessie! 🐶💙 2y
Eggs Happy Family ❤️❤️ 2y
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BarkingMadRead
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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When your #homelibrary is the perfect backdrop to show off your matching tees! Happy Thanksgiving 🦃

Ruthiella Great photo! Happy Thanksgiving!🦃🍽 🙏 2y
5feet.of.fury Everything about this is awesome! 2y
BookwormM Love it 2y
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AnneCecilie Happy Thanksgiving 🍁🦃 2y
RebelReader Love everything about this picture! Happy Thanksgiving! 2y
kspenmoll Happy Thanks! Love your spirited greeting! 🦃 2y
bthegood happy thanksgiving
2y
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SW-T
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Wishing you and your loved ones a wonderful day filled with joy.

AmyG Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍁🍽 3y
TheSpineView And to you also!❤🦃 3y
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Susanita
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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2020 version
-my husband‘s cooking
-quality time with my cat
-not buying gas
-my office mate‘s hugs (someday again)
-zoom everything
-President-elect Joseph R. Biden
-tagless tanks
-Sirius, podcasts, and audiobooks
-new bookcases
-bar soap
-Litsy and all you wonderful Littens!

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Tagless tanks 🙌YEESSSS! 4y
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Books88
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Happy Thanksgiving to those who are celebrating. I wish everyone a safe and enjoyable day. While we take time to give thanks, let us not forget our Indigenous friends who are often overlooked and brushed under the rug 🙏🏻. We must do better. Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy 😷.

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Charityann
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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I have so much to be thankful for, and I‘ve shared some of those things over on my blog: https://charityrau.wordpress.com/2020/11/26/a-thanksgiving-reflection/

Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Americans! I hope you all have a beautiful day!!😁🦃🍁 #thanksgiving2020

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alisiakae
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Forgot to post my #FeastMode goals!

🦃 Finish Northanger Abbey
🥧 make it 1/2 through A Promised Land
🍗 read one more #bookspinbingo book

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MicrobeMom
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Besides cooking the rest of our small Thanksgiving feast, this is my plan today! Happy Thanksgiving to all my Litsy friends and happy reading! #readingthanksgiving #feastmode

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tpixie
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Have a Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍁 🦃
This year is certainly different, but make the most of it!
🦃 📚 🦃
And for those not in the USA- enjoy your Thursday!! 🍁📚

Q84 🦃Happy Thanksgiving to you!🥧 I love your cross stitch 4y
Reggie Same to you! 4y
tpixie @Reggie thanks! Hope you had a great day! Today I‘m cooking a modified Thanksgiving dinner- for three. 🍁🦃🍁 4y
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tpixie @Q84 thanks! I hope your day was great! ( I cheated- it was on the web- ( sorry) I do have real cross stitch, but none for Thanksgiving!) 4y
Q84 That's okay. I'm sure yours are just as lovely. Do you have any Christmas themed? Now would be the perfect time to showcase those 🙂 4y
tpixie @Q84 great idea! 4y
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SW-T
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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May your holiday be a safe and happy one! Hope you can squeeze in some reading time. 😊

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.” ~ Melody Beattie

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rachelm
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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So excited to do #feastmode this Thanksgiving . I have three ARCs that I‘d love to read this week, so this is the perfect time to buckle down. More details on the event over on @Hestapleton ‘s page!

Hestapleton Welcome aboard! 4y
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coffeewithbooks
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Excited to take part in this. Not sure if be able to see family for thanksgiving yet because of COVID 🙄 but I am excited to read these two classic. What you planning are reading?
TO ᖇEᗩᗪ:
•Little Women By: Louisa May Alcott
•Pride and Prejudice By: Jane Austen
@Hestapleton #FEASTMODE

Hestapleton Excellent choices! 4y
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Cuilin
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Sorry I‘m a little late, thanks for the tags @Pageturner1 and @RamsFan1963
1 Yes, I signed up for my first readathon!
2 Usually in December about the 10th

Want to join in @CBee @Kdgordon88

Deblovestoread Thanks for the tag! Happy Thanksgiving! 4y
TheSpineView Never to late to play! Happy Thanksgiving! 4y
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Susanita
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Thanks to @squirrelbrain for the tag!

1. I‘m not sure how much time to myself I‘ll get over the next few days, but I‘m going to read as much as I can.
2. We don‘t do much decorating, but I‘m about to bring the Christmas dishes into rotation.
#two4tuesday

squirrelbrain Happy Thanksgiving - enjoy! 4y
TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 🦃 4y
Sharpeipup What do these Christmas dishes look like? 4y
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Allylu
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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1. Yes, definitely! We are keeping it small this year - just my husband, our daughter, my sister and I, so there won‘t be too much cooking. More time to read. 2. We may put our outside decorations up next weekend, but we don‘t turn the lights on until after our daughter‘s birthday on Dec. 2.

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Mitch
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Just signed up for this - my reading life is really loving these autumn jumpstarts. Thanks so much for sharing your Thanksgiving week with us all. Plans are off kilter - but we‘ve got each other. ♥️#feastmode

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Patchshank
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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I've been in a reading slump due to some bullshit going on in my personal life. I'm hoping this might pull me out of the slump or keep my mind off of the bullshit.

My goal is to read two books I've started this year, but haven't finished. I have so many. I need to work on my attention span.

#feastmode
@Hestapleton

Hestapleton I‘m also feeling that slump life. Here‘s hoping you find something that just sucks you in! 4y
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kspenmoll
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Joining in this readathon- my goal is to complete 2 books. A challenge that I am looking forward to! Thanks to @Hestapleton & @Andrew65 for reposting. I think this is a Litsy first for me- usually I shy away from readathons because of work. ❤️😀📚
#30daysofgratitude #gratitude #gratefulfor3things
1) breakfast with my son
2) long phone chat with my NE sister today
3) my brother briefly stopped by just because.

Hestapleton Yay I‘m so glad you can participate! 4y
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Bklover
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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We too will be having a very small Thanksgiving this year. This is such a lovely idea- thank you @Hestapleton for thinking of it. I‘m going to try to finish two books. Thanks again Hannah! Check her page to sign up!
#Feastmode

Hestapleton Yay I‘m so glad to have you with us! My 2020 motto has been when things go wonky, supplement with books. 4y
Bklover @Hestapleton And things have DEFINITELY gone wonky!!! 4y
Hestapleton Just a little bit 😂 4y
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Andrew65
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Want another Readathon for when #NovelNovember is finished? Look no further than @Hestapleton ‘s #FeastMode Readathon.

See her original post for details of how to sign up and take part in the giveaways.

Hestapleton Thanks for sharing!! 4y
Andrew65 @Hestapleton Always 😊 4y
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cwarnier
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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#thankful2020
Today I am thankful for the gorgeous weather.

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Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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We watched this Hulu offering last night and it was bonkers! Anna wants to be the perfect little suburban wife and has hired pilgrim actors to come reenact a perfect original Thanksgiving with her & her family. Sounds totally safe, right!?
#scarathlon2020 #teamharkness @staycurious
+6

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JacqMac
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Happy Thanksgiving Littens! 🍁

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego 🦃🥧🍁🧡 4y
Avanders Happy Thanksgiving!! 🍁🦃 4y
Buechersuechtling Thank you so much for this quote. 😍 4y
Crazeedi ❤️perfect💜 4y
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TheEllieMo
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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The book tells the story of the Morley family and its variously waxing and waiting fortunes, over the course of 350 years, and fifteen generations, seen through the eyes of the women of the house as they prepare for the family Thanksgiving celebrations.

#SetDuringThanksgiving #GratefulReads @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

OriginalCyn620 🧡🧡🧡 5y
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NovelGirl82
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Happy Thanksgiving, from my family to yours!

ljuliel Happy Thanksgiving 🍁 5y
GypsyKat So cute!!! 5y
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Reviewsbylola
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Our new tradition—eating pie in bed as we watch the Macy‘s parade. 🥰 I hope all that are celebrating have a wonderful thanksgiving!

Cathythoughts ❤️❤️❤️Happy Thanksgiving 5y
Amiable I love that tradition! 5y
LeahBergen This is awesome! Happy Thanksgiving to you! 😘😘 5y
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MicheleinPhilly YAASSSS! Excellent tradition! Happy Thanksgiving Steph! 5y
Hoopiefoot That‘s so cool! Happy Thanksgiving! 5y
Laura317 Happy Thanksgiving! Sweet tradition! 5y
ljuliel Happy Thanksgiving .. I think you could make that into a Dr Seuss rhyme. 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 5y
ljuliel Do you like pie in the bed ? 5y
ljuliel Do you pie while standing on your head ? 5y
ljuliel Do you like your pie here 👈🏼 or there 👉🏽 5y
ljuliel I like pie everywhere 🦃 5y
Nute I love the start of a new family tradition and this is a wonderful one! Thankful for you, Ms. Stephanie. Have a wonderful day today!🧡 5y
SoManyBooksNotEnoughTime oo love that tradition 5y
Bookzombie Happy Thanksgiving! 🍁🦃 🍂 5y
Mdargusch ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
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Slajaunie
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Happy Thanksgiving Y‘all!! I hope even those that do not celebrate this holiday have a wonderful day.

Nute Thankful for you, Ms. LaJaunie. Have a wonderful day today!🧡 5y
Slajaunie Thank you @Nute ! Call me Sherry. 🥰 5y
brit91 Happy Thanksgiving 5y
tracey38 Happy Thanksgiving! 5y
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sisilia
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Happy Thanksgiving, Littens 🥰 I‘m very thankful for all of you; the best bookish community where I am most comfortable in 💕

Eggbeater Happy Thanksgiving! 💕 5y
IamIamIam Happy Thanksgiving! 5y
Nute Thankful for you, Ms. Sisilia. Have a wonderful day today!🧡 5y
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Reviewsbylola Happy thanksgiving! 5y
AmyG Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 5y
ljuliel Happy Thanksgiving 🍁 5y
LauraJ 🦃Happy Thanksgiving! 5y
Bookzombie Happy Thanksgiving! 🍁🦃 🍂 5y
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ShananigansReads
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Happy Thanksgiving Littens!

ljuliel Happy Thanksgiving 🍁. You‘ve got that right about the stretchy pants 👖! 5y
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AmberWB
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Turkey Trot time! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Soubhiville Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I love your leggings! 5y
Sace Oooo! Pumpkin pie! 5y
ljuliel Cool outfit ! Happy Turkey Day. 5y
AmberWB @Soubhiville 😄 I discovered about .5 miles in that they are not runner friendly! I was very afraid I was going to give someone behind me quite the show! 😂 5y
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Graciouswarriorprincess
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Happy thanksgiving to everyone!

TheSpineView Happy Thanksgiving to you also! 5y
ljuliel Happy Thanksgiving 🍽🦃🍁 5y
wordslinger42 Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🧡 5y
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Nute Thankful for you, Ms. Anna. Have a wonderful day today!🧡 5y
Graciouswarriorprincess @TheSpineView @ljuliel @wordslinger42 @Nute Thanks so much, reading friends! So thankful you, Litsy and this great reading community! 5y
Bookzombie Happy Thanksgiving! 🍁🦃 🍂 5y
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Sharpeipup
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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1. Hopefully an hour at least between a bike ride and dinner.
2. Football?
@TheSpineView #two4tuesday

Sace We're all about the football at our house. 5y
TheSpineView I have fond memories of Football on Thanksgiving when I was young! Enjoy the holiday! 5y
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AmberWB
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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1. To read as much as possible!
2. We always watch the Macy‘s parade and wear comfy clothes all day. No dressing up here. 😊

#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView

TheSpineView Sounds like a lovely day! Happy Thanksgiving! 5y
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MsRadioSilence
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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1. I plan to finish my re-read of ACOMAF and get through the three other books I brought (Marissa Meyer‘s Supernova, Leigh Bardugo‘s Ninth House, and ACOWAR).
2. In the past few years, it seems our tradition is to buy the family pack thing from Cracker Barrel, but now it seems that our family tradition is having my mother‘s brother‘s family force some weird, non-traditional, usually gross Thanksgiving food on us. 🙃

#two4tuesday #thanksgiving

MidnightBookGirl Too bad Aaron and I will miss the weird food! 5y
TheSpineView I sure hope you don't have anything gross! Happy Thanksgiving! ❤🥧🍗 5y
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Samplergal
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney

Books for Dealing with your Dysfunctional Family! Stuff one on your carry on!

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/books/great-thanksgiving-reads.html?te=1&nl=b...

Sace 😂 Very relevant post! 5y
Bookwormjillk Ha! 😂😂😂 5y
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TheEllieMo
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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1. Tagged!

2. I made it to Friday. It‘s not been a great week.

3. Spin class, a soak in the bath, dinner, reading and bed. I know how to live.

4. 1 living (dad‘s brother), 1 deceased (mum‘s brother. Parkinson‘s 😔)

5. 👍🏻

#FriyayIntro @howjessreads

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EadieB
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Day 12 - #HolidayTradition #NamasteNovember

If you feel like you are missing something from your annual Thanksgiving – something special, cozy, and nostalgic – this book will be the perfect fireside companion for you and your family.

Eggs How lovely! 5y
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TheEllieMo
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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We don‘t really do #PumpkinPie in the UK, but as I understand it, it‘s to Thanksgiving as Christmas pudding is to, well, Christmas. It‘s been a while since I read this book, but I seem to recall a lot of pumpkin preparation in it.

#Spooktober @Eggs

Eggs Lovely!! 5y
xicanti It took me a minute to recognize that as a table with a leaf folded down, not half a pumpkin pie! 5y
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Kappadeemom
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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1. Heated seats in my rental car (it‘s chilly in Georgia this morning!)
2. My puppy that snuggled with me an extra few minutes this morning
3. Coffee ☕️ @Eggs

Eggs Nice!!! Thanks for joining in ❣️ 6y
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ValerieAndBooks
Thanksgiving | Ellen Cooney
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Recently returned from California— we spent Thanksgiving at my mom‘s. First holiday without my dad. We all headed over to his favorite beach 🌊 one day, even though it was raining 🌧 . Picture is of my kids ❤️

Now to try to read more before the Christmas crunch starts — l seriously have not been reading lately 😮!!

Suet624 What a beautiful photo. Hard to get through the holidays after a loss. 💕💕💕 6y
TrishB Great pic 👍🏻 all the first are hard aren‘t they. 💔 6y
Leftcoastzen A great way to still honor him ,heading out to his favorite beach. Holiday time can be so emotional anyway and the first year without someone is particularly difficult.Hugs to you and your family,wonderful photo. 6y
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LauraBeth What a beautiful pic! While there is an empty chair at the table, the relationships with our loved ones who once occupied those chairs, will always live on through our memories and stories of them. ❤️❤️ 6y
LeahBergen ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 6y
Amiable Great photo! 6y
Reggie Those first holidays are the tough ones. Great photo. 6y
ValerieAndBooks @Suet624 Thank you. Hard, but many good memories 💖 6y
ValerieAndBooks @TrishB Thank you. Yes it was hard but good to be there for my mom 💖 6y
ValerieAndBooks @Leftcoastzen Thank you 💖. So many times there and so many good memories 💖 6y
ValerieAndBooks @LauraBeth Yes, Thank you! We remember so many good things about him 💖 6y
ValerieAndBooks @LeahBergen thank you 💕💕 6y
ValerieAndBooks @Amiable Thank you! Glad it turned out in spite of the rain. 6y
ValerieAndBooks @Reggie yes, definitely tough. Thank you 💖 6y
kspenmoll Beautiful photo. We have done that too; my dad used to drive his car, then have us drive him & just listen & look at the ocean & birds when he could no longer walk it. Still visit “his beach” when at the Cape. It‘s a lovely way to remember. I am glad you have that. 6y
DivineDiana Love this photo of your children! So nice that you could be there for your mother, and honoring your father with this beach visit. ❤️ 6y
Suet624 Are you going again at Christmas? I‘ll be there for a week 6y
ValerieAndBooks @kspenmoll 💖💖💖 memories like that are special. 6y
ValerieAndBooks @DivineDiana Thank you 💕 6y
ValerieAndBooks @Suet624 no, I wish I was though. Are you going to that same part of CA? 6y
Suet624 Not exactly sure where you are In the photo? I‘ll be in SF and northern regions. 6y
ValerieAndBooks @Suet624 This is Trinidad beach, not far from where my parents moved to after retiring. I grew up in the Sacramento area. I hope you‘ll have a good trip! 6y
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