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Gissy
The Great Alone | Kristin Hannah
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First time I read a book by this author, can you believe it?😳I have this book since 2018 thinking that I would not like it...but...
This book is intense and has the trigger of domestic violence. It is very explicit in the physical and psychological abuse. I will say this part was clinically well described. Also it was symptoms related with PTSD were well described.

Ernt and Cora married very young, Cora was 15 or 16 and Ernt was 25.⬇️

Gissy Cora hast not siblings and her parents didn‘t approve her marriage with Ernt. Cora said that Ernt changed after he came from the Vietnam War where he was captured and tortured. Cora asked him not to d listed. Since Ernt return, he cannot maintain a job, drink too much and has mood outburst. He maintains his family isolated. He inherited a home in Alaska and decided to move there with Cora and their 13 year old daughter Leni. ⬇️ 4mo
Gissy (Cont.) Living in Alaska turned Ernt into an abusive husband but also in Alaska Cora and Leni found good supportive friends. The story goes narrating what Cora and Leni lived with Ernt abusive behavior. Then something happens that the lives of Cora and Leni changed. Not much to say after this without spoiling the story.
I will say that it was hard to read in these parts and I felt frustrated with Cora decision even when I know...⬇️
4mo
Gissy (Cont.)...her behavior is part of that abusive relationship cycle. The co-dependent relationship between these characters is so dysfunctional. In real life, is worst. I didn‘t like one part at the end which I think was unrealistic. The end? Well I will like to think that there will be hope in this type of relations. But how realistic was the end? I don‘t know. 3.8/4⭐️ 4mo
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Gissy January 2024 #BookSpinBingo #6 (book from subscription)#BookSpin @TheAromaOfBooks
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#Sharreadathon book 3 in this Readathon book was in Sharron pick list @Aleaysbeenaloverofbooks
#52BookClub24 #37 palindrome in the cover (Hannah)
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Gissy Useless gifts from Once Upon a Book 🤷🏽‍♀️ 4mo
Gissy Monthly Photo challenge prompts- will be for me like a reading challenge too. I will see how many unread books posted in these prompts I will read at the end of the year. This book was an unread book posted in#NewYearNewBooks photo challenge Day 4 prompt #HighwayCvr @Eggs @Alwaysbeenabooklover (edited) 4mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4mo
Eggs I‘ve read lots of Hannah - really love her books. Great choice 👌🏼 4mo
BarbaraBB I still haven‘t read this author! 4mo
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Blueberry
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 5mo
Eggs Another great pic and cover 👏🏻👏🏻 5mo
BookmarkTavern I‘m listening to this for my book club! 5mo
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Leftcoastzen
Blue Highways: A Journey Into America | William Least Heat Moon
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#NewYearNewBooks #HighwayCvr I really enjoyed this book when I read it years ago. It was a pretty big deal back in the day. Does it hold up ? Not sure , I have lots of new reading to do. 😄

SamAnne This has been on my shelf for 30 years unread…. 5mo
Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 Stacked! 5mo
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GatheringBooks
On Photography | Susan Sontag
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#NewYearNewBooks Day 4: This seems like a #HighwayCvr #HighwayCover of sorts. Recent book haul from Big Bad Wolf in Sharjah a week ago. Book hunting expedition post is forthcoming.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 🤩 5mo
Eggs Fantastic 😌🤩 5mo
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Gissy
The Great Alone | Kristin Hannah
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Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 5mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks On my shelf! 5mo
Gissy @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘m planning to read it this month for the #Sharreadathon. The book is on @Sharread list of books read-rated by her as “pick” ❤️❤️❤️ 5mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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Not exactly a highway, but a phenomenal book!

#NewYearNewBooks
#HighwayCvr

💔📚

Eggs Well played 👏🏻👏🏻 5mo
perfectsinner Loved this one 5mo
Suet624 So good. 5mo
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Kappadeemom
The Fixer | Joseph Finder
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 👍🏻📚🙌🏻 5mo
Eggs Brilliant 👍🏼👌🏼 5mo
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lynneamch
Box Socials: A Novel | W. P. Kinsella
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A bit of #HighwayCvr in the lower left corner of both the book and a view of Iowa from the plane. Lucky enough to hear Kinsella read from this book many years ago. Hearts broken for those in Perry, Iowa as news comes today that this peaceful-looking place is shattered by another school shooting. #NewYearNewBooks @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Aims42 So heartbreaking 😭💔 5mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 😍 5mo
Eggs SMH like Beauty and the ‘Beast‘… 5mo
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DebinHawaii
Huntress Moon | Alexandra Sokoloff
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#NewYearNewBooks

There‘s not a #HighwayCvr on all of the 6 books in this series about a female serial (probably more accurately vigilante) killer & the FBI agent chasing her, but there are on the first book (tagged) & book 5 covers. It definitely takes place on roads & highways too. 🚧😱🔪🖤

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👍🏻 5mo
Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 5mo
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dabbe
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#NewYearNewBooks
#HighwayCvr
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Another fave. There is a road on the cover! 🤩

TheSpineView I mailed that package to you today. USPS said 4 to 5 days. We'll see, it is a long way between my door and yours. 5mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great cover! 5mo
dabbe @TheSpineView You are too kind! Thank you! I can't wait to see the ideas and get journaling! 🤩😍😘 5mo
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TheSpineView @dabbe You're welcome. I am already thinking about ways to make it better next year. As you use it, let me know what works and what doesn't 5mo
dabbe @TheSpineView Will do! 🤩 5mo
Eggs Well done 👍🏼 I enjoyed this book❣️ 5mo
dabbe @Eggs Me, too! 🖤💜🖤 5mo
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