I enjoyed reading The Cottingley Secret, which alternates between the owner of a fictional bookstore in present day Ireland and the true account of two girls who claimed that they saw fairies in the glen near their home in England during the Great War. The young cousins, Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths of Yorkshire, England, convinced the world that they had photographed real fairies. Both the girls and their parents were astonished when journalists, psychics, and even the great novelist of the time, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, believed that the photos were authentic. A century later, Olivia Kavanagh finds a mysterious manuscript in her late grandfather's bookstore, which shares more details about the girls' childhoods and their magical fairy story that enthralled a nation during what was a tumultuous time in the world. In an interesting plot twist, Olivia also eventually discovers that the girls' story is directly connected to hers.
P.S. Included in The Cottingley Secret are copies of the famous "Cottingley Fairies" photos that were published in 1920 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in Strand Magazine.
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