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I have no words…Rachel Beanland
“The House is on Fire” is without a doubt the best book I’ll read this year. I was so fortunate to get an early copy to review and it is more than a 5
read. If you’ve heard me mention how much I loved “The Kitchen House” and “The Yellow Wife”, I rank this at the top of my best books ever list along with them.
Rachel is a local author here in Richmond, Virginia and this is her second novel. Although it is historical fiction, it is based on a very real event that happened right here in Richmond. I’ve lived here all my life and never knew about it, similar to the true events in the “The Yellow Wife”. I am grateful to women such as Rachel and Sadeqa Johnson for doing immense research and using their wonderful talents as a writer to make us aware of these historic events. The way they both tell these tragic stories through the thoughts and feelings of some of the brave souls who lived them is remarkable.
I am supposed to be attending Rachel’s launch party this evening, but the pollen season here in Richmond has me down for the count with terrible allergies. I am intent on meeting her at another one of her events soon, to thank her in person for this wonderful story…and to purchase several copies of this book for her to sign as gifts for fellow readers. I can’t think of a better book to receive this year. 
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