"You don't need anybody's permission to live the life you desire, Olivia.
You need only the permission of your heart."
You need only the permission of your heart."
--Hazel Gaynor
Genre: Adult Contemporary & Historical Fiction
Genre: Adult Contemporary & Historical Fiction
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 364168
Publication Date: August 1st, 2017
Source: ARC provided by publisher
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My Thoughts
The Belle
This being my first Hazel Gaynor novel, I didn't know what to expect. But when I started reading the prologue I knew I was in for a captivating story of fairies, magic, and growing up. This story is a dual timeline with the past component taking place from 1917-1920 and is about an actual historical event known as the Cottingley Fairies when two young girls seemed to capture real fairies while playing in the beck behind their house. The present day story is about a woman who inherits her grandfather's bookshop after his death and finds one of the little girl's from 1917 story about those events.
My Thoughts
The Belle
This being my first Hazel Gaynor novel, I didn't know what to expect. But when I started reading the prologue I knew I was in for a captivating story of fairies, magic, and growing up. This story is a dual timeline with the past component taking place from 1917-1920 and is about an actual historical event known as the Cottingley Fairies when two young girls seemed to capture real fairies while playing in the beck behind their house. The present day story is about a woman who inherits her grandfather's bookshop after his death and finds one of the little girl's from 1917 story about those events.
