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Farewell Tour
Farewell Tour | Stephanie Clifford
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From the author of the New York Times bestseller Everybody Rise, a rich and riveting novel with the exquisite historical detail and evocative settings of The Cold Millions and Great Circle that tells the story of one unforgettable woman's (…more)
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Kimberlone
The Farewell Tour: A Novel | Stephanie Clifford
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I really wanted to love this book, but despite the topic being of interest, I really disliked the main character and that kind of ruined it for me. It‘s one thing to portray a complicated female character, but Lillian is so horrible and insensitive to the people around her that nothing about the trauma she‘s experienced can excuse her behavior (which she only recognizes as problematic in the last 20% of the book).

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CSeydel
The Farewell Tour: A Novel | Stephanie Clifford
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Man, it was a tough call this month - I read a slew of powerful, entertaining, and well-written fiction books in May!

🏆 Honorable mentions 🏆
Small Mercies, Dennis Lehane
Now You See Us, Balli Kaur Jaswal
The Bandit Queens, Parini Shroff
The Road to Roswell, Connie Willis

The award goes to🥁
Stephanie Clifford‘s The Farewell Tour!
I laughed, I cried, I gasped in shock, I stayed up past bedtime. Water Lil‘s story will stay with me a long time.

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CSeydel
The Farewell Tour: A Novel | Stephanie Clifford
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This story was so much more than I expected. The book centers on a 1980 “Farewell Tour” for has-been country singer Lillian Waters, determined to sweep back into her hometown as a celebrated icon and confront the lingering demons of her unhappy childhood. The book alternates between the “current” events of 1980 and Lil‘s life story beginning in 1930s rural Washington, which works well to build a picture of Lil as a person. Moving and lovely.

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GerardtheBookworm
Farewell Tour | Stephanie Clifford
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A fictional music bio of country superstar, Lillian Waters. From her humble beginnings of a farm girl in the Great Depression to being a struggling musician post-World War 2, this moving novel showcases the struggles of female country musicians go through breaking in a patriarchal industry and the expectations to stay relevant and at the top.