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Romeo and Juliet, California Style

Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson

February 10, 2023 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

There were two old school romances I adored as a teen.  One, reread not too long ago, was Lorna Doone.  And the other was, spoiler, Ramona.  As a SoCal girl, how could I not?  I was very familiar with the locations and history.  As a matter of fact, one of my sons got married at the Rancho Camulos, where the story begins.  It’s a historical site, but since it was owned by the same family until the mid-20th century, it’s a perfect hodge-podge of various […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Actually historically legit, CBR15Passport, Classic Californio. So romantic OMG, Helen Hunt Jackson, Indigenous Americans, Old California, Rancho living, You WILL cry

elderberrywine's CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Actually historically legit, CBR15Passport, Classic Californio. So romantic OMG, Helen Hunt Jackson, Indigenous Americans, Old California, Rancho living, You WILL cry ·
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