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Flickering Shadows
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Start date
April 1, 2024
Finish date
April 30, 2024
Why we're reading this
Our 2nd choice for Barbados is Flickering Shadows, so excited for this one.

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Elise
May 10, 2024 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
This book really took a left turn at the end. Our narrator of Flickering Shadows is the grandfather of one of our main characters (Cephus and Boysie) and he dies in the first chapter. He comes back as a spirit to watch the actions of his grandson and his town. This book is also about politics and the influence of outside (The United States is referenced as Away) countries on newly independent countries.

Many of the books I have read for the Read the World Challenge have been about independence b
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