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About Christa

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I have had several members of my family with cancer, now including my father. Cancer sucks!

Christa's Reviews:

Where The Crawdads Sing

Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

January 21, 2020 by Christa 1 Comment

This book had many fantastic reviews and I was looking forward to reading it as it was the Hello Sunshine Book Club choice for September 2018.  It did not disappoint! I would love to see this made into a movie. This is the story of young Kya,  who grew up in the marsh of North Carolina.  Her mother abandoned her and her siblings when she was very young, and then all her siblings left next.   Her father is an abusive drunk, and is rarely around […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Delia Owens

Christa's CBR12 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Delia Owens ·
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