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Overview: Bridging Past and Present Through StorytellingLisa Wingate’s The Book of Lost Friends (2020) weaves together two narratives: one set in 1875…
Overview: A Dual Timeline ThrillerCharlie Donlea’s Twenty Years Later (2021) intertwines past and present in a gripping crime thriller. TV journalist Avery…
Overview: A Tale of Two Women, Bound by Scent and SecretsKathleen Tessaro’s The Perfume Collector (2013) weaves a dual-timeline narrative that bridges…