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      • Lost on Treasure Island
      • The Reluctant Fundamentalist
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​​Upcoming Books:

August 27
Kathy Corey

What the Wind Knows  - Amy Harmon


September 17
Anne

Simon the Fiddler - Paulette Jiles

October 22
Carol

The Dutch House  - Ann Patchett

November 19 (this date may change)
Toni

The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern

January 21
Margi

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Author Bio: 

Amy Harmon, American novelist is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and New York Times Bestselling author. Her books have been published in eighteen languages, truly a dream come true for a little country girl from Utah.
Amy Harmon has written thirteen novels, including the USA Today Bestsellers, The Smallest Part, Making Faces, and Running Barefoot, and the #1 Amazon bestselling historical, From Sand and Ash. Her novel, A Different Blue, is a New York Times Bestseller. Her USA Today bestselling fantasy, The Bird and the Sword, was a Goodreads Best Book of 2016 finalist. For updates on upcoming book releases, author posts and more, join Amy at www.authoramyharmon.com. 

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An overdue library notice prompted me drop everything and read Daisy Jones & the Six, first  DAISY JONES & THE SIX by Taylor Jenkins Reid is a blast from the past. It follows the story of a 70's rock and roll band named Daisy Jones and the Six. The book reveals the band members, agents, and other supporting characters through interviews. The writing feels authentic and  had me scratching my head as to why I didn't recall this group.   
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Michael Collins a Man Against an Empire 
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“On the night of April 7, 1919, Collins, with the assistance of one of his spies, sneaked into G Division Headquarters and spent the night examining top secret files. After viewing them, Collins concluded that the key to defeating Britain was to cripple its intelligence network. He wrote that England could replace every soldier that was killed but that, without her spies, she was helpless. He also realized that spies are less willing to replace spies that have been killed and that, even if Britain could find replacements, the new spy would not have the previous spy’s knowledge. Therefore, Collins began a sustained and systematic attack on both the RIC and G Division."
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is reading What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon for August Book Club.​
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What the Wind Knows
 by Amy Harmon
 is a magical book. The author has expertly woven timeless romance, the Irish Easter Uprising of 1916, W.B. Yeats and time travel into this page-turning novel.

Harmon’s sets the stage with a William Butler Yeats quote from The Celtic Twilight.


​"Let us go forth, the teller of tales,
and seize what prey the heart long for,
and have no fear

Everything exists, everything is true,
and the earth is only a little dust under our feet."

In the Prologue dated 1976, a conversation occurs between a grandfather named Eoin and his granddaughter Anne Gallager where he explains what the wind knows, "...the wind and water know all the earth's secrets. They've seen and heard all that has ever been said or done. And if you listen, they will tell you all the stories and sing every song." 
 
 Anne Gallager begins her story in June 2001 after her grandfather's death. Her story seamlessly alternates between the present and the past written  by Thomas Smith, Anne's great grandfather, during the time of the Easter Uprising. Harmon brings the characters, Ireland's landscape and history to life. Anne [Harmon] keeps in mind her grandfather's words, "Don't let the history distract you from the people who lived it." 

I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did. 

Author Interview with Michelle Cronauer
​Feb 9, 2019


Author Quotes: 
“Any mistakes or embellishments to the actual record to fill in the historical gaps or to further the story are well intended and are completely my own. I hope when you are finished with What the Wind Knows, you simply have a greater respect for the men and women who came before and a desire to make the world a better place.” From What the Wind's Knows, Author's Notes
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  • Home
    • BExtraordinaire Calendar
  • Blog BExtraordinaire
  • Past Reads
    • 2021 >
      • The Mysteries
      • The Long Petal of the Sea
      • The Silent Patient
      • The Broken Heart of America
      • The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
    • 2020 >
      • Where the Crawdads Sing
      • Death of a Red Heroine
      • Age of Light
      • Beneath the Scarlet Sky
      • Next Year in Havana
      • What the Wind Knows
      • Simon the Fiddler
      • The Dutch House
      • Dear Edward
    • 2019 >
      • Caleb's Crossing
    • 2018 >
      • Educated
      • To Have and To Have Not
    • 2017 >
      • A Gentleman in Moscow
    • 2016 >
      • The Mare
      • Fates and Furies
    • 2015 >
      • Citizens of London
      • Euphoria
      • The Blue Flower
      • Being Mortal
      • Waiting for Snow in Havana
      • All that is Solid Melts into Air
      • All the Light We Cannot See
    • 2014 >
      • On Such a Full Sea
      • A Canticle for Leibowitz
      • The Luminaries
      • The Lowland
      • Alice Munro shorts
      • The Goldfinch
      • The Round House
      • Salvage the Bones
    • 2013 >
      • The Monuments Men
      • Wild
      • The Great Fire
      • A Time of Gifts
      • Sweet Tooth
      • The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
      • To the End of the Land
      • The Casual Vacancy
      • Canada
      • The Light Between Oceans
    • 2012 >
      • One Amazing Thing
      • Bossypants
      • The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
      • Rules of Civility
      • Cutting for Stone
      • Just Kids
      • Red Badge of Courage
      • Lost on Treasure Island
      • The Reluctant Fundamentalist
      • The Children's Book
    • 2011 >
      • The Cellist of Sarajevo
      • Food Rules
      • Freedom
      • Unbroken
      • The Painted Veil
      • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
      • Elegance of the Hedgehog
      • Soul Mountain
  • Highlights
    • The Complete List
  • ReaderRec