Comments on: Skylark by Paula McClain https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/01/skylark-by-paula-mcclain/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Sat, 31 Jan 2026 20:40:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/01/skylark-by-paula-mcclain/#comment-298299 Sat, 31 Jan 2026 20:40:57 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19468#comment-298299 In reply to Lisa’s Yarns.

Thank you for this. I had no idea, but it makes perfect sense.

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I definitely saw the parallels between their worlds and ours right now. I just didn’t feel a connection between them.

]]> By: Lisa’s Yarns https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/01/skylark-by-paula-mcclain/#comment-298273 Fri, 16 Jan 2026 16:00:10 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19468#comment-298273 I heard McClain on a podcast and she said she wrote both stories as stand alone stories and then she went to the office of her editor and they figured out how to merge the 2 stories into 1 book. So it makes sense that you had a disjointed reading experience!

]]> By: Deborah Moore https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/01/skylark-by-paula-mcclain/#comment-298271 Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:44:02 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19468#comment-298271 I loved this book. Although there were two timelines, they are tied together not only by place but by the struggles that Alouette and Kristof endured and overcame at the hands of those who were in power. Each found a way to overcome horrific events while at the same time saving the lives of those who were even less fortunate than they were. There are many parallels between what is happening in the world today and what was happening in the world during Alouette’s and Kristof’s times.

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