![]() Everything, in that Flagler Reads Together, the wonderful annual, March-long communal reading program Mary Ann Clark started with “ To Kill a Mockingbird” 18 years ago, is about reading without borders. Nothing, if you think the local, the current, and that unfortunate selfie of our narcissistic culture, the “relatable,” are the only reasons to read a book. ![]() What has an obscure French spy who worked for the British for a year in World War I and died in 1918 got to do with Flagler? Nothing and everything. But the cameo exemplifies the many problems in the book. The town makes a cameo in Kate Quinn’s ‘The Alice Network,’ this year’s choice for Flagler Reads Together. ![]() The French government has since let the town stand as a memorial. ![]() The town of Oradour-sur-Glane toward the southwest of France was demolished and its more than 600 inhabitants massacred by the Nazis in 1944. ![]()
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