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The Quiet Hours
IV: The Letter
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IV: The Letter
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Synopsis
Elena discovers the letter hidden in her grandmother's writing desk, addressed to someone she doesn't recognize.
Notes
Check timeline - letter should predate the war by at least 3 years.
Consider adding a smell detail - cedar + old paper.

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Flesch-Kincaid: 72
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Overused words (this chapter)
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Reviewing: The Quiet Hours Margaret H.
"She folded the letter twice, then set it on the sill where the morning light could reach it."
This image is so good. It carries the whole chapter.
Margaret H.
"…he had not written back, and she had stopped expecting him to."
The tense shift here tripped me up. Worth a second look.
Margaret H.
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