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Tilly and the Crazy Eights
Tilly and the Crazy Eights | Monique Gray Smith
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When Tilly receives an invitation to help drive eight elders on their ultimate bucket-list road trip, she impulsively says yes. Before she knows it, Tilly has said good-bye to her family and is on an adventure that will transform her in ways she could not predict, just as it will for the elders who soon dub themselves the Crazy Eights. The Crazy Eights each choose a stopsomewhere or something theyve always wanted to experienceon the way to their ultimate goal, the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in Albuquerque. Their plan is to travel to Las Vegas, Sedona, and the Redwood Forests, with each destination the inspiration for secrets and stories to be revealed. The trip proves to be powerful medicine as they laugh, heal, argue, and dream along the way. By the time their bus rolls to a stop in New Mexico, Tilly and the Crazy Eights, with friendships forged and hearts mended, feel ready for anything. But are they?
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Tilly and the Crazy Eights | Monique Gray Smith
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A group of Elders take a bus from Canada to Albuquerque to visit bucket list destinations and the Gathering of Nations PowWow. 4⭐

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Stats time! I‘m pleased I started the year with one fabulous 5-star read (tagged), three 4.5ers (FEEL FREE by Zadie Smith, KNOW MY NAME by Chanel Miller, & THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA by TJ Klune), and some solid TBR reduction. I‘m down to double digits, baby!

I read slightly more Americans than usual ahead of my month off from them. I also had way more chunksters than usual thanks to some project books that carried me through a few weeks each.

BiblioLitten Great stats! 🙌🏼 4y
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In clear, evocative prose, Monique Gray Smith balances her characters‘ delight in their current journey with the trauma and heartache they‘ve lived through. I got so swept up in their lives that I felt I was right there with them.

I‘d love to see this on the Canada Reads shortlist, but I hope the longlist will up its profile either way. Everyone who lives in North America should read books like this.

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I listened to 25% of TILLY AND THE CRAZY EIGHTS yesterday afternoon while I worked on my tiny plastic mosaic, and holy crap. It‘s INTENSE. Monique Gray Smith captures the joy these Elders feel about their life changing road trip, but she doesn‘t shy away from the harder stuff they‘ve faced. I‘ve already cried a lot. #audiocrafting

BookishMarginalia Lovely mosaic! 4y
xicanti @BookishMarginalia thanks! It‘s been fun to work on. 4y
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