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What do readers say about Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day?
light and fun light-hearted and well-paced fixes everyone's lives early-century chick litMiss Pettigrew, an approaching-middle-age governess, was accustomed to a household of unruly English children. When her employment agency sends her to the wrong address, her life takes an unexpected turn.
The alluring nightclub singer, Delysia LaFoss... More details on Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Miss Pettigrew pushed open the door of the employment agency and went in as the clock struck a quarter past nine. She had, as usual, very little hope, but today the Principal greeted her with a more c...
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What do readers say about Sister Carrie?
cleaverly crafted prose painfully dreary story beautiful naturalistic novel riddled with clichesThe story of a woman who flees country life for Chicago, Illinois and falls into a wayward life of sin. One of the most important novels America has ever produced, it ruthlessly exposes the hypocrisy and meanness of middle-class standards, and establ... More details on Sister Carrie
WHEN CAROLINE MEEBER BOARDED the afternoon train for Chicago, her total outfit consisted of a small trunk, a cheap imitation alligator-skin satchel, a small lunch in a paper box, and a yellow leather ...
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What do readers say about Pride and Prejudice?
gentle ironic style 200 year old lively and witty language very carefully constructedThe pride of high-ranking Mr Darcy and the prejudice of middle-class Elizabeth Bennet conduct an absorbing dance through the rigid social hierarchies of early-nineteenth-century England, with the passion of the two unlikely lovers growing as their un... More details on Pride and Prejudice
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first enteri...
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What do readers say about The Help?
fast moving plot rich and subtle the three narrators compassion and friendshipThe #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award-winning film-a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't-nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.
MAE MOBLEY was born on a early Sunday morning in August, 1960. A church baby we like to call it. Taking care a white babies, that’s what I do, along with all the cooking and the cleaning. I done raise...
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What do readers say about Water for Elephants?
wooden and sometimes cheesy lively and tight a depression-era circus train love and betrayalOver 10,000,000 copies in print worldwide
#1 New York Times Bestseller
A Los Angeles Times Bestseller
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When you’re five, you know your age down to the month. Even in your twenties you know how old you are. I’m twenty-three, you say, or maybe twenty-seven. But then in your thirties something strange sta...
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What do readers say about Outlander?
easy to read plenty of action fantastic historical romance engaging plot lines'Scotland's answer to Game of Thrones' HERALD
THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING OUTLANDER SERIES, as seen on Amazon Prime
What if your future lay in the past?
1946, and Claire Randall goes to the Scottish Highlands with her husband Frank. It's a sec... More details on Outlander
It wasn’t a very likely place for disappearances, at least at first glance. Mrs. Baird’s was like a thousand other Highland bed-and-breakfast establishments in 1945; clean and quiet, with fading flora...
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What do readers say about The Perks of Being a Wallflower?
it really reminded me of my youth wonderfully written relationships are imperfect and messy life is full of possibilitiesThe critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky follows observant "wallflower" Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky ... More details on The Perks of Being a Wallflower
I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand and didn’t try to sleep with that person at that party even though you could have. Please don’t try to figure out who she is because then...
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What do readers say about Rebecca?
descriptive and beautiful gripping and readable its dark tone beautiful and atmosphericNow a Netflix film starring Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas
"Last Night I Dreamt I went to Manderley Again..."
With these words, the reader is ushered into an isolated gray stone mansion on the windswept Cornish coast, as the second Mrs. Maxim ... More details on Rebecca
Last night I dreamed I went to Manderley again. It seemed to me I stood by the iron gate leading to the drive, and for a while I could not enter, for the way was barred to me. There was a padlock and ...
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What do readers say about Eat Pray Love?
breezy, funny style stream of consciousness quick but fact-filled light and breezyA transformational journey through Italy, India, and Bali searching for pleasure and devotion-the massive bestseller from the author of Big Magic and City of Girls.
This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and re... More details on Eat Pray Love
Oh, but there are so many reasons why this would be a terrible idea. To begin with, Giovanni is ten years younger than I am, and—like most Italian guys in their twenties—he still lives with his mother...
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What do readers say about The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society?
fun and light letter writing format a hidden pig post world war ii#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NOW A NETFLIX FILM
A remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German Occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name.
"Treat yourself to this book, please-I can't recommend it highly enough."-El... More details on The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society
Susan just gave me the sales figures for Izzy?I can scarcely believe them. I honestly thought everyone would be so weary of the war that no one would want a remembrance of it?and certainly not in a bo...
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