100 Pages A Day...Stephanie's Book Reviews

Do you believe in fairies?  In 1917, in the midst of World War I, two girls from Cottingley, England believed in fairies and had the whole world believing with them.  Cousins Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright loved to play in the beck at the bottom of their garden and Frances began to see the magical creatures that have been rumored to live there.  Fueled by the need for her family to believe, Elsie takes a staged picture with Frances and the fairies.  The picture soon spreads and grabs the interest of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, making the girls and their fairies an international sensation. The two girl stuck to their stories of the pictures being real for decades. When the truth finally comes out, Frances shares her side of the story in a manuscript.  One hundred years later, Olivia Kavanaugh finds Frances' manuscript at a turning point in her life. Olivia's grandfather has died, leaving her his antique bookstore, Something Old.  When Olivia goes to the bookstore to get everything in order, she discovers the manuscript and begins reading Frances's story.  Olivia also finds an interesting connection to Frances and her fairies in the manuscript along with the courage to make an important change in her life.