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In "The Girl Who Wrote in Silk," Inara Erickson discovers an elaborately stitched piece of fabric in her deceased aunt’s island estate. The find leads her to the century-old story of Mei Lien and forces her to confront a difficult truth about her family.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Historical Fiction/19th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Kelli Estes
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