When she comes across a collection of notes written about a girl who believed she saw fairies. The present-day story focuses on Olivia, a women who is engaged to a man she's not sure she loves, whose grandfather just passed away, and whose grandmother is battling Alzheimer's in a local nursing home. The novel takes place in two time periods - present day and between 1917-1920s.
Knowing that the basis of the story is something that happened really peaks my interest, so I wish I had known before reading the novel - so maybe it will inspire you to take more interest as you read.
Just search "Cottingley fairies" and you'll find information on one of the great hoaxes of the last century, and has inspired many novels and a movie. I didn't realize until after I read the book that this story is based on a somewhat "true" story. As she cleans up her inheritance, she comes across a seeming memoir about Elsie and Frances - two little girls who convince the world fairies are real during wartime. When Olivia's grandfather passes away, she inherits his bookstore "Something New". Brief Synopsis: A bit historical fiction, a bit children's fantasy, The Cottingley Secret tells the story of Olivia Kavanaugh and a memoir she reads about two little girls.
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