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THE EXILES Book Review

It's not often I yell out "Holy Crap!" while reading historical fiction. But that's exactly what I did smack in the middle of The Exiles. Let's just say the story took a very unexpected turn. Bravo, Christina Baker Kline, for such a bold move. I continually seek out historical fiction novels that doesn't revolve around WW2, and when I saw the ad for The Exiles  -- a story about English female convicts and an Aboriginal girl set in 1840s...