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Bezig met laden... The Bookseller's Secret: A Novel of Nancy Mitford and WWIIdoor Michelle Gable
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.   ) Shauna_Morrison | Jul 30, 2023 |  [Keep reading @ Bookshelves & Teacups] (  ) TissieL | May 3, 2023 | ) baughga | Jun 19, 2022 |  ) Desiree_Reads | Jan 3, 2022 | Katie's sections are fairly bland; she's stuck in a writer's block and meets Simon, a head-school teacher, after breaking up with her long-term fiance. Her sections were a reflection of Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love, though not nearly as interesting. I loved the parts that deal with Nancy and her family and friends which include the writer Evelyn Waugh among others. The Mitfords are a fascinating family: one sister married the Duke of Devonshire and another was supposedly Hitler's mistress. Another was jailed for Fascist leanings. Nancy was the oldest, brought up in a ramshackle estate though her father was titled. She ran with a witty circle of English elites and Ms. Gable does a very nice job with dialogue and the life they lived in wartorn London society. I give the book 3 1/2 stars based on the Mitford sections. ( ) N.W.Moors | Nov 20, 2021 |
 The novel toggles back and forth between the story of (real-life) struggling author Nancy Mitford’s life during World War II and present-day (fictional) struggling author Katharine Cabot’s transformative visit to London. Despite the complexity of the narrative structure, the novel seems somewhat one-note. The mysteries of the past are not overly gripping, though Nancy is an enjoyable character, as is the delightfully snooty Evelyn Waugh. But Katie elicits little deep interest, coming across as whiny and self-pitying. Ultimately, the novel suffers from its split focus.
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HTML:"The Bookseller's Secret is a delight from start to finish, a literary feast any booklover will savor!" â??Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code ARISTOCRAT, AUTHOR, BOOKSELLER, WWII SPYâ??A THRILLING NOVEL ABOUT REAL-LIFE LITERARY ICON NANCY MITFORD FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A PARIS APARTMENT In 1942, London, Nancy Mitford is worried about more than air raids and German spies. Still recovering from a devastating loss, the once sparkling Bright Young Thing is estranged from her husband, her allowance has been cut, and she's given up her writing career. On top of this, her five beautiful but infamous sisters continue making headlines with their controversial politics. Eager for distraction and desperate for income, Nancy jumps at the chance to manage the Heywood Hill bookshop while the owner is away at war. Between the shop's brisk business and the literary salons she hosts for her eccentric friends, Nancy's life seems on the upswing. But when a mysterious French officer insists that she has a story to tell, Nancy must decide if picking up the pen again and revealing all is worth the price she might be forced to pay. Eighty years later, Heywood Hill is abuzz with the hunt for a lost wartime manuscript written by Nancy Mitford. For one woman desperately in need of a change, the search will reveal not only a new side to Nancy, but an even more surprising link between the past and present... *Don't miss The Lipstick Bureau, Michelle Gable's next novel. On sale in December 2022 and available to preorder now! Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.45)
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