The Girl Who Wrote in Silk

Author: Kelli Estes
The smallest items can hold centuries of secrets…Inara Erickson is exploring her deceased aunt’s island estate when she finds an elaborately stitched piece of fabric hidden in the house. As she peels back layer upon layer of the secrets it holds, Inara’s life becomes interwoven with that of Mei Lein, a young Chinese girl mysteriously driven from her home a century before….Read More
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