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Nancy Bethel.
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February 7, 2024 at 11:04 pm #2265
Dolores Ferrero
Participant@doloresI started this over the weekend, and I’ll likely finish it in the next couple of days. What a Cinderella story this is!
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February 12, 2024 at 11:24 am #2296
Nancy Bethel
Participant@nancybethelI just started this yesterday. Loving all the history in it. Already tho, my heart kind breaks for Joe. He just got sent to live at the school! Why couldn’t his older brother take him??
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February 12, 2024 at 11:44 am #2298
Dolores Ferrero
Participant@doloresYes, my heart broke for Joe several times throughout the story… and I had a hard time finding any empathy at all for his stepmother, and very little for his father. I know there had to be circumstances I’m not aware of, but still…
I love the person Joe became though… it’s amazing how he took what he was given and built a life with it.
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February 23, 2024 at 2:37 pm #2337
HeidiParticipant@heidicHave you seen the movie? I was wondering how it compared to the book. Did it follow it closely or was it changed quite a bit?
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February 25, 2024 at 6:23 pm #2351
Nancy Bethel
Participant@nancybethelI enjoyed the movie. It wasn’t as good as the book. Joe’s history and family life were a bit different.
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February 25, 2024 at 6:33 pm #2352
Nancy Bethel
Participant@nancybethelA fascinating story! I loved their concept of swing- that if all these individuals can completely trust each other and work together as one, they can transcend boundaries. I think this is true in many aspects of life. I think of friends and how when we’re together, we often have swing.
I was thinking tho- do you think the Nazis had swing? All working together….
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