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The Story Collector

by Evie Woods

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The Story Collector by Evie Woods
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    Aug 13, 2024
    384 pages
    Genre: Historical Fiction

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In a quiet village in Ireland, a mysterious local myth is about to change everything…

One hundred years ago, Anna, a young farm girl, volunteers to help an intriguing American visitor translate fairy stories from Irish to English. But all is not as it seems and Anna soon finds herself at the heart of a mystery that threatens her very way of life.

In New York in the present day, Sarah Harper boards a plane bound for the West Coast of Ireland. But once there, she finds she has unearthed dark secrets – secrets that tread the line between the everyday and the otherworldly, the seen and the unseen.

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Margot P

Misses the mark
If I had read this when I was back in high school devouring Victoria Holt novels, I would have given this 5 stars. I was entertained by the Celtic fairy stories and descriptions of Irish life in 1911. However, the modern day story of Sarah was beyond predictable. Woods tells Anna’s story through a dairy found hidden in a tree only the prose is exactly the same style as Sarah’s first person narrative-nothing resembling diary entries, I think book clubs and young adults might enjoy this, but if you are looking for substance and quality writing, look elsewhere,

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Evie Woods

Evie Woods is the author of The Lost Bookshop, the #1 Wall Street Journal and Amazon Kindle bestseller, which has sold over a million copies.

Living on the West Coast of Ireland, Evie escapes the inclement weather by writing her stories in a converted attic, where she dreams of underfloor heating. Her books tread the intriguing line between the everyday and the otherworldly, revealing the magic that exists in our ordinary lives.

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