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1 author picked The Story She Left Behind as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

As with The Secret Book of Flora Lee, Callahan Henry's other book I read, I was drawn in immediately by the prose, tone, and atmosphere, not to mention the mystery and setting.

How can you not love a story about a legendary book, a lost mother, and a daughter's search for both of them? Throw in London, England's lake district, and South Carolina's low country, and you've got me hooked!

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