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These Nameless Things by Shawn Smucker Book Review

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ABOUT THE BOOK Before Dan opened his door to find a wounded woman who had escaped from the tormentors in the mountain, his life had become rather quiet. He and the eight other people in the mostly abandoned town had become friends. They spent peaceful evenings around the campfire and even made vague plans to journey east one day and leave the ominous mountain behind. But the woman’s arrival changes everything. Who is she? How does she know so much about Dan’s brother, who is still held captive in the mountain? Why are long-forgotten memories rising to the surface? And why does Dan feel so compelled to keep her presence in his house a secret? Visionary writer Shawn Smucker is back with an unsettling story that invites us to consider two challenging questions:  To what lengths will we go to assuage our own guilt?  and  Is there a limit to the things we will do for the people we love? BOOK REVIEW  This is the second book I read by Shawn Smucker. My first book was "Once We Were Strang