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I actually read about half of this book (I listened to it, to be precise), and just didn’t feel compelled to listen to more. So it’s halfway between a Rapid Rating and a real review. But since I didn’t read the whole thing, we’re just going with Rapid Rating setup here.
One June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to survive, the power of words saves her. The Scarlet Letter was written almost 200 years earlier, but it seems to tell the story of Mia’s mother, Ivy, and their life inside the Community—an oppressive cult in western Massachusetts where contact with the outside world is forbidden. But how could this be? How could Nathaniel Hawthorne have so perfectly captured the pain and loss that Mia carries inside her?
Through a journey of heartbreak, love, and time, Mia must abandon the rules she was raised with at the Community. As she does, she realizes that reading can transport you to other worlds or bring them to you, and that readers and writers affect one another in mysterious ways. She learns that time is more fluid than she can imagine, and that love is stronger than any chains that bind you.
As a girl Mia fell in love with a book. Now as a young woman she falls in love with a brilliant writer as she makes her way back in time. But what if Nathaniel Hawthorne never wrote The Scarlet Letter? And what if Mia Jacob never found it on the day she planned to die?
Rated: Mild. Profanity includes around 5 instances of moderate profanity and fewer than 10 uses of mild language. A teen sneaks out of her house regularly to have sex with her older boyfriend, but there are no details. The leader of a commune controls the group through occasionally strong punishment, such as branding a mark on them when they go against the rules.
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