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

I was drawn in immediately by the prose, tone, and atmosphere, not to mention the mystery.

I wanted to just sit and read this book and forget everything else I had to do. How can you not love a story about a legendary book, a lost mother, and a daughter's search for both of them?

And I loved the settings: London, England’s Lake District, and South Carolina’s Low Country. They’re so vivid, I felt as if I was there with the characters.

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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