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๐Ÿ“–โ„๐•–๐•ง๐•š๐•–๐•จ - ๐•‹๐•™๐•– ๐•ƒ๐• ๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•ƒ๐•š๐•˜๐•™๐•ฅ๐•ค ๐• ๐•— ๐•Š๐•ฅ ๐•‚๐•š๐•๐••๐•’ ๐•“๐•ช ๐”ผ๐•๐•š๐•ค๐•’๐•“๐•–๐•ฅ๐•™ ๐”พ๐•š๐•—๐•—๐• ๐•ฃ๐••
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๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•: ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐‹๐š๐ฐ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ญ ๐Š๐ข๐ฅ๐๐š, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐. ๐Ž๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐’๐ญ ๐Š๐ข๐ฅ๐๐š ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐š๐ซ-๐๐ž๐š๐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ - ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง, ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ž, ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก - ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ก๐ž๐š๐.
๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ: ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ซ-๐จ๐Ÿ-๐ฐ๐š๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ. ๐๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ก๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐, ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐ž, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ: ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ž.
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I am feeling incredibly bereft after finishing this.
I found myself wanting to race through it to find out what happened and whether Fred and Chrissie found each other but I kept putting it down because I didnโ€™t want it to end.
The first thing that grabbed me was Elisabethโ€™s vivid descriptions of places. Iโ€™ve never been anywhere near St Kilda but the images that came to mind were so very real.
This book was so astonishingly beautifully written. It was incredibly moving - a real historical love story.
Iโ€™ve never read any of Elisabeth Giffordโ€™s books before but since finishing this, Iโ€™ve added them all my wishlist.
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The most beautiful book Iโ€™ve ever read.