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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥

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𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟑.𝟐𝟖.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝒞𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒮𝑜𝑜𝓃!

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Thank you [partner] @bookmarked for this gifted ebook. And thank you RB Media for the complimentary audiobook.

This debut is southern fiction, family drama, and historical fiction all wrapped up into a heartbreaking but poignant story.

Leah’s mother died in childbirth, yet she loves her father and their little shack on the Barna family’s rural property in North Carolina. Leah’s closest friends are Mr. Barna’s son Jesse and their maid Tullah.

At age 14, Leah’s father is killed in a logging accident. Leah is sent away to the Griffin family: forced to leave the Barna family and the only home she has ever known. The Griffins are a well-to-do family who treat Leah as a servant. Mrs. Griffin is especially cruel to Leah, no matter how hard she tries to do all that is asked of her. 

When Mrs. Griffin discovers that Leah suffers from “spells,” she sees it as an opportunity to seek her secret revenge on poor Leah, altering Leah’s body and life forever.

Set in the 1930s South, this starts at an unhurried pace, describing the naivete and delight of growing up with nature and simple things surrounding you. But then it quickly escalates into a heartwrenching read as the story delves into family secrets, abuse and the atrocity of eugenics. 

**Don’t skip the Author’s Notes!

𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵.

🌊🏔️𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬?