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The Year We Were Famous
The Year We Were Famous | Carole Estby Dagg
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With their family home facing foreclosure, seventeen-year-old Clara Estby and her mother, Helga, need to raise a lot of money fastno easy feat for two women in 1896. Helga wants to tackle the problem with her usual loud and flashy style, while Clara favors a less showy approach. Together they come up with a plan to walk the 4,600 miles from Mica Creek, Washington, to New York Cityand if they can do it in only seven months, a publisher has agreed to give them $10,000. Based on the true story of the authors great-aunt and great-grandmother, this is a fast-paced historical adventure that sets the drama of Around the World in Eighty Days against an American backdrop during the time of the suffragist movement, the 1896 presidential campaign, and the changing perception of a womans place in society.
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I felt like I had not been totally alive before this day.

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There have been hints from the beginning of the book that Ma was #bipolar. Eldest daughter Clara took on a lot of household responsibilities when mom was bedridden for long periods of time. This is the first time mother and daughter have discussed mom‘s #mentalhealth on their cross country walk.

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Day 64 Salt Lake City, Utah. Can‘t wait to see if they make it to NYC. #mapsinbooks #bookswithmaps

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X marks the spot. Leaving from Spokane, WA, Clara and her mother have reached La Grande, OR by the 16th day of their cross-country walk. Will they make it to NYC?
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“I knew the difference between fantasies and real life. In fantasies, your heart thrilled to feel the ground shake at the thunder of a hundred wild horses. In real life, your heart, lungs, and everything else got mashed as a hundred stampeding horses trampled you.”
#JustStarting this novel based on a true story of a mother and daughter who walked across America in 1896. Excited to follow their journey.

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