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Twilight's Brightest Star, Book Three of The Winds of Change Trilogy by Rachel Valencourt

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  Comprehensive, Emotional, Intriguing Genre: Historical Fiction/Contemporary Fiction/Family Drama Twilight’s Brightest Star by Rachel Valencourt Author 'Remember, you can always come home'... As Starla and Erin reminisce about their extensive friendship and sisterly bond, a box sits at Starla’s feet, waiting for its contents to be sorted through. Given to her just a short time before, by her grandmother Dawn prior to her 90th birthday party. Its purpose, to assist Starla with writing the family matriarch’s memoirs. However, that was not Millie Dawn’s sole motive. She could never find the words, the secret buried deep within her for so long, recalling it every time she glanced at her daughter. As a result, she had chosen to leave it up to fate, for her daughter, or her granddaughter, to find the piece of paper that may well change everything for them, shaking the very foundations on which their lives had been built, and what they had believed all this time. Dawn also knew that...
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Abandoned by Vicky Ball

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  Comprehensive/Heart-breaking/Thought-Provoking Genre: Contemporary Fiction/Family Drama Abandoned by Vicky Ball author When Madison and Becky attend a family funeral, it sparks a chain of events, that forces Becky to confront her past. Initially, not as concerned as she might be, and only giving into her daughter’s questioning to stop her asking, rather than seeing it as a chance to connect and accept responsibility, or realisation that perhaps, it should be something she should have told her long before now. In her skewed reality, Becky fails to see the enormity of her actions from all those years ago, but when clear headed, fears the consequences. The ramifications extend far beyond mother and daughter, farther than anyone might have thought possible. Changing both of their futures forever, sending Madison on a journey of heartache, self discovery, and a new beginning. This novel presented me with some emotional memories and a chance to be able to relate to one of the charac...
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