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The Whole Town's Talking
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Start date
June 1, 2017
Finish date
June 30, 2017
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Nikki Boisture
Three stars is pretty generous of me, TBH. I'm rounding WAY up because Fannie Flagg.
This is the story of a small town in Missouri, from its inception in the late 1800's by a Swedish immigrant, and all the way up through to the present day. But it's not really the story of the town, it's the lives of the people who live there.
And that's it. There is literally no plot to this book. It's basically character studies of several (probably too many) townspeople and their descendants. The character st
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Kira
Jun 04, 2018 rated it really liked it
I haven’t read the other books about Elmwood Springs but I didn’t feel like I had missed anything. I enjoyed the short snippets of stories about all the folks in the community, and thought this was a fun enjoyable read!!
Rhiannon
Oct 17, 2016 marked it as to-read
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Nov 29, 2016 marked it as to-read
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Jan 28, 2017 marked it as to-read
Lisa
Apr 07, 2017 marked it as to-read
Joanie
Apr 26, 2017 rated it really liked it
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