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Times are tough in the 40s and flora wants to help her mother and father who are struggling with their family owned bakery. Real simple on the eve of world war ii, the last surviving specimen of a camellia plant known as the middlebury pink lies secreted away on an english country estate. A 20102011 deb, sarah jio is the author of the violets of march penguinplume, which was called engrossing by redbook and absorbing by womans day and was a library journal best books of 2011 honoree. Sarah jio s bookshelf the always author shares the books that shaped her life and career. Books by sarah jio authors like sarah jio what should. Her novels include the violets of march a library journal best book of 2011, the bungalow, and blackberry winter.
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