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Light A Penny Candle
Light A Penny Candle
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May 09, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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I am going to remember “Light A Penny Candle” vividly. I was brought into the lives of friends from ages 10 to about 25. I felt I knew them and the sense of connectivity persists. The setting is 1940s wartime but the novel isn’t about war. A few men figure prominently but the genre isn’t romance. ‘Coming of age’ doesn’t fit. I could see their worlds and my enthusiasm was unrelenting. I’m neither into general fiction, war, nor ‘chunksters’ (450+ pages).... but gobbled these 600 pages in fewer th ...more
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May 09, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Feb 03, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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