Together by Book Girls Guide » All Posts https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/discussion/2023-reading-challenge-discussion-groups/archived-2023/read-around-the-usa-ar-la-ms-ok-tx/the-book-of-lost-friends-by-lisa-wingate/feed/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:54:08 +0000 https://bbpress.org/?v=2.6.14 en-US https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/should-this-book-stay-on-the-list-32/#post-1120 <![CDATA[Reply To: Should this book stay on the list?]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/should-this-book-stay-on-the-list-32/#post-1120 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 00:58:47 +0000 Freda Chadwick Yes, definitely! I love this author and she has some that would fit other areas of the US, too.

]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/difficult-to-connect-the-two-timelines/#post-1088 <![CDATA[Reply To: Difficult to connect the two timelines]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/difficult-to-connect-the-two-timelines/#post-1088 Fri, 04 Aug 2023 14:16:42 +0000 Kathy Bain I think we have to admit that it would be hard to top Before We Were Yours. Yet, I really enjoyed this book. Once again maybe because of the setting and time period. I loved the character of Benny.

I took a teaching job in South Texas for exactly the same reason and felt blind-sided just as she did. I think maybe that is why I could connect with this one. The poverty was astounding and the lack of trust among the minority families and lack of acceptance by the majority is spot on.

I loved her interactions at the plantation house and all the things she learned. I think her story could have been a stand alone novel easily.

Juneau Jane and the rest of that crew is slightly unbelievable. You are not going to take a southern belle and throw her into the trenches. Much of that part of the book was just hard to wrap my mind around.

]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/difficult-to-connect-the-two-timelines/#post-1001 <![CDATA[Reply To: Difficult to connect the two timelines]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/difficult-to-connect-the-two-timelines/#post-1001 Sun, 30 Jul 2023 00:32:29 +0000 Jaimette I had a hard time finding the connections as I was reading early on.  It wasn’t  until they found the hidden family tree that it clicked for me, by that time I felt like the story was over.

maybe because the timelines were so far apart, I struggled.  Felt like I was reading 2 separate stories.   I don’t usually struggle with dual timeline books.

]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/difficult-to-connect-the-two-timelines/#post-985 <![CDATA[Reply To: Difficult to connect the two timelines]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/difficult-to-connect-the-two-timelines/#post-985 Sat, 29 Jul 2023 23:06:34 +0000 Rosemary Most of Wingate’s books are dual timeline. The connection established in the beginning would be the town. As you get into the book you start to find deeper connections between the two timelines.

]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/should-this-book-stay-on-the-list-32/#post-984 <![CDATA[Reply To: Should this book stay on the list?]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/should-this-book-stay-on-the-list-32/#post-984 Sat, 29 Jul 2023 23:05:10 +0000 Rosemary Yes! This was a fantastic book and well represented the area.

]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/should-this-book-stay-on-the-list-32/#post-978 <![CDATA[Reply To: Should this book stay on the list?]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/should-this-book-stay-on-the-list-32/#post-978 Sat, 29 Jul 2023 21:19:52 +0000 Brandi Carney Yes, it should definitely be kept on the list!

]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/difficult-to-connect-the-two-timelines/#post-965 <![CDATA[Reply To: Difficult to connect the two timelines]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/difficult-to-connect-the-two-timelines/#post-965 Sat, 29 Jul 2023 14:40:17 +0000 Amy V I read this a while ago but I think I remember the connection was that Juneau Jane was a relative to the man in the present day timeline and the land they lived on was hers.

]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/difficult-to-connect-the-two-timelines/#post-957 <![CDATA[Difficult to connect the two timelines]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/difficult-to-connect-the-two-timelines/#post-957 Fri, 28 Jul 2023 23:21:02 +0000 Jaimette I had a hard time understanding the connection of the two timelines until late in the book.  Did I miss connections?  Was it intentional?

]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/should-this-book-stay-on-the-list-32/#post-956 <![CDATA[Reply To: Should this book stay on the list?]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/should-this-book-stay-on-the-list-32/#post-956 Fri, 28 Jul 2023 23:17:56 +0000 Jaimette Yes, both timelines were reflective of the geographical area for the challenge.

]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/should-this-book-stay-on-the-list-32/#post-940 <![CDATA[Reply To: Should this book stay on the list?]]> https://together.bookgirlsguide.com/discuss/topic/should-this-book-stay-on-the-list-32/#post-940 Fri, 28 Jul 2023 16:51:40 +0000 Lisa Love this author so yes keep her book on the list. I have read it previous to the challenge though.

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