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Joanna Trollope A Passionate Man
Acacia Press, Inc. 0552994421 / 9780552994422 PAPERBACK Good
0552994421 Product Description nThe Logans were an enchanting and admirable couple. Archie had snatched Liza from her own engagement party to someone else, wooed her, swept her off to his father in Scotland, and finally married her. Now bedded firmly into country life - three children, Archie the village doctor, Liza a teacher, everything comfortable, funny, affectionate - they awaited the arrival of Archie's father, the brilliant Sir Andrew Logan, a widower for over thirty years. When his city-clean Rover stopped in the drive, Sir Andrew was not alone. Beside him was a golden lady in caramel suede, a warm, witty, desirable widow whom everyone - except Archie - adored at once. Archie saw his father's mistress as the worm in the bud of his perfect life - a life that was to be wrenched apart before he and Liza could re-create their world. From the Back Cover n'Demonstrates again how good Joanna Trollope is at describing village life and how sure is her touch' nEvening Standard n nThe Logans are an enchanting and admirable couple who have lived a charmed life ever since Archie snatched Liza from her engagement party to someone else.Now, bedded firmly into country life with everything comfortable, funny, affectionate, they await the arrival of Archie's father, the brilliant Sir Andrew Logan, a widower for over thirty years. n nBut when Sir Andrew arrives, he is not alone.Beside him is a golden lady in caramel suede, a warm, witty, desirable widow whom everyone - except Archie - adores at once.Archie sees his father's mistress as the worm in the bud of his perfect life - a life that is to be wrenched apart before he and Liza can recreate their world. n n'An elegant, witty and deeply perceptive book' Woman's Journal
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Joanna Trollope A Passionate Man
Acacia Press, Inc. 0552994421 / 9780552994422 PAPERBACK Very Good
0552994421 Product Description nThe Logans were an enchanting and admirable couple. Archie had snatched Liza from her own engagement party to someone else, wooed her, swept her off to his father in Scotland, and finally married her. Now bedded firmly into country life - three children, Archie the village doctor, Liza a teacher, everything comfortable, funny, affectionate - they awaited the arrival of Archie's father, the brilliant Sir Andrew Logan, a widower for over thirty years. When his city-clean Rover stopped in the drive, Sir Andrew was not alone. Beside him was a golden lady in caramel suede, a warm, witty, desirable widow whom everyone - except Archie - adored at once. Archie saw his father's mistress as the worm in the bud of his perfect life - a life that was to be wrenched apart before he and Liza could re-create their world. From the Back Cover n'Demonstrates again how good Joanna Trollope is at describing village life and how sure is her touch' nEvening Standard n nThe Logans are an enchanting and admirable couple who have lived a charmed life ever since Archie snatched Liza from her engagement party to someone else.Now, bedded firmly into country life with everything comfortable, funny, affectionate, they await the arrival of Archie's father, the brilliant Sir Andrew Logan, a widower for over thirty years. n nBut when Sir Andrew arrives, he is not alone.Beside him is a golden lady in caramel suede, a warm, witty, desirable widow whom everyone - except Archie - adores at once.Archie sees his father's mistress as the worm in the bud of his perfect life - a life that is to be wrenched apart before he and Liza can recreate their world. n n'An elegant, witty and deeply perceptive book' Woman's Journal
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Joanna Trollope A Spanish Lover
Black Swan 0552995495 / 9780552995498 PAPERBACK Good
0552995495 Product Description nLizzie and Frances are twins, together forming part of a unit. At least that's the way Lizzie sees things. Lizzie is the twin who has everything, husband, children, a flourishing career and a beautiful house and worries about Frances who seems to lead a solitary life in London ricocheting from one disastrous man to the next. Lizzie just wants Frances to share in her own complete and satisfying life. Then one day Frances announces she isn't coming to Lizzie's for Christmas, she's going to Spain instead. And, equally unexpectedly, Lizzie's world begins to tilt, Frances' Christmas defection seems overwhelmingly threatening to their unity. As Frances' future begins to change into something exciting and Lizzie's deteriorates as financial pressures eat into her ideal lifestyle, could it be that Frances is the twin with everything? From the Back Cover n'Warm and wise, profoundly satisfying ...a perceptive chronicler of our times'Sunday Express n nLizzie and Frances are twins, together forming part of a unit.At least that's the way Lizzie sees things. Lizzie is the twin who has everything ? husband, children, a flourishing career, and a beautiful house. She worries about Frances, who seems to lead a solitary life in London ricocheting from one disastrous man to the next. Lizzie just wants Frances to share in her own complete and satisfying life. n nThen Frances, suddenly and surprisingly, announces she isn't coming to Lizzie's for Christmas.She's going to Spain.Lizzie's world began to tilt. Frances's Christmas defection seems overwhelmingly threatening to their unity. n nAs Frances's future begins to change into something exciting and unexpected, and Lizzie's deteriorates as financial pressures eat into her ideal lifestyle, could it be that Frances is the twin with everything? n n'Her novels, like family life itself, are built on the tensions between the illusions of permanence and the reality of charm' Observer
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Joanna Trollope Brother and Sister
Transworld Paperbacks 0552771732 / 9780552771733 PAPERBACK Good
0552771732 Book Description nHer insightful, bestselling novel about who we are and where we come from. n nSynopsis nNathalie and David have been good and dutiful children to their parents, and now, grown-up, with their own families, they are still close to one another as brother and sister. Except that they aren't - brother and sister that is. They were both adopted, when their loving parents, found that they couldn't have children themselves. And up until now it's never mattered. But suddenly, Nathalie discovers a deep need to trace her birth parents and is insisting that David makes the same journey. And through this, both learn one of the hardest lessons of all, that sometimes, the answers to who we are and where we come from can be more difficult than the questions...
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Joanna Trollope Brother and Sister
Transworld Paperbacks 0552771732 / 9780552771733 PAPERBACK Very Good
0552771732 Book Description nHer insightful, bestselling novel about who we are and where we come from. n nSynopsis nNathalie and David have been good and dutiful children to their parents, and now, grown-up, with their own families, they are still close to one another as brother and sister. Except that they aren't - brother and sister that is. They were both adopted, when their loving parents, found that they couldn't have children themselves. And up until now it's never mattered. But suddenly, Nathalie discovers a deep need to trace her birth parents and is insisting that David makes the same journey. And through this, both learn one of the hardest lessons of all, that sometimes, the answers to who we are and where we come from can be more difficult than the questions...
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Joanna Trollope Girl from the South
Bloomsbury 0747557993 / 9780747557999 Hardcover Good
0747557993 Amazon.co.uk Review nJoanna Trollope, best known for inventing the "aga saga" of intelligent family romances, has once again shown her talent for connecting with the zeitgeist in Girl From the South. A handful of characters all cresting 30 begin to explore their troubled relationships with lovers, siblings and estranged parents in an age of too much choice and too little stability. Gillon Stokes, an art historian from Charleston, South Carolina takes a job in London after chafing against the restrictions of her intimately suffocating family. There she moves into a flat that she shares with Tilly, a magazine editor and her boyfriend, Henry. Gillon becomes the catalyst for the break up of Tilly and Henry who, on a whim, accepts Gillon's invitation to visit her family in South Carolina. n nHenry, a wildlife photographer, falls in love with the landscape around South Carolina and with Gillon's family. Since his parents separated when he was very young, he views the family about which Gillon is deeply ambivalent, as an ideal. But Trollope cleverly enables her characters to come to their own painful and messy solutions to their emotional turmoils, refusing to provide either easy answers or pat endings. Although the Stokes narrowly avoid falling into the worst cliches about good ol' Southern folk, Trollope is masterful in sketching their very human dilemmas. --Julie Wheelwright Review nYou can always tell the true storyteller: you are plunged into the tale from the very first sentence, and Joanna Trollope is a veritable master of the art. Her latest takes the reader to South Carolina where we follow a group of young people who are the children of those who swung in the Sixties. The setting is not only Carolina, but also London, and the young protagonists all strive for a good time, but find making decisions a bit of a problem, perhaps because there are so many opportunities to choose from. As a novel, Girl From The South sparkles away, and of course it follows a steady stream of bestsellers which it will no doubt join. A joy to warm up the year.
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Joanna Trollope Next of Kin
Black Swan 0552997005 / 9780552997003 PAPERBACK Good
0552997005 From Barnes & Noble nJoanna Trollope, adored for her pithy tales that deal with the nuances of human nature and emotion, continues her tradition with Next of Kin, the story of a family coping with the death of a loved one. When Californian Caro Meredith became an English farmer's wife, she hoped it would help her find the happiness and stability her childhood lacked. But when she dies 24 years later, some well-kept secrets emerge that devastate her adopted daughter, Judy, her husband, Robin, and a host of in-laws. As those who knew Caro mourn her passing, they find themselves pulled together by the commonality of their grief, even as they are torn apart by the forces of change brought about by startling revelations. It will take an outsider -- Judy's new roommate, Zoe -- to help the family heal and move on. But first they must face some of the painful truths locked inside their own hearts. n nFrom the Publisher nMore than twenty years ago, a young American named Carolyn came to the Meredith family farm, marrying Robin Meredith and settling--never quite comfortably--into rural English life. Now Caro has died, leaving behind a husband who has long slept in a separate bedroom and an angry adopted daughter. But another young woman is about to arrive. Her name is Zoe, and unlike Caro, she finds something compelling in the Meredith's strenuous, earthbound lifestyl--and in Robin... n nWit, feeling and originality...a powerful story (Washington Post Book World) n nTrollope does an excellent job of describing the dynamics of farm life...an absorbing narrative. (Publishers Weekly) n nLibrary Journal nReaders of Trollope (Marrying the Mistress, Other People's Children) have come to expect the unexpected, and this latest novel is no exception. It begins grimly, with the funeral of Caro Meredith, wife of a dairy farmer in the English Midlands. Caro's death is merely the prelude, however, to a series of shattering events for those she left behind from husband Robin and daughter Judy, a magazine subeditor, to brother-in-law Joe and his wife, Lyndsay, to Robin's parents, Dilys and Harry. The arrival of Judy's unconventional roommate, Zoe, brings a measure of openness to this emotionally closed family and gives Robin some small amount of the love that he lacked throughout his marriage. Nevertheless, despite the transformative nature of tragedy, particularly for Judy, who chucks her London life, and Lyndsay, both of whom become farmers, the novel lacks the leavening that characterizes most of Trollope's work, and some readers may find it heavy going. Buy where Trollope is popular. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 3/15/01.] Francine Fialkoff, Library Journal Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information. n nKirkus Reviews nThe popular Trollope (Marrying the Mistress, 2000, etc.) again deftly profiles ordinary men and women learning to adapt as their lives are disrupted by change and loss. Life on the Meredith family's two farms has been pretty predictable. They're not the most beautiful spreads in England, but they've offered solace to Robin, who runs Tideswell, and younger brother Joe, along with parents Harry and Dilys, who farm Dean's Place. But this seeming serenity is, as usual, only superficial. When Caro, Robin's American wife, dies from a brain tumor, the thin fabric of the Merediths' lives disintegrates. Judy, adopted daughter of Caro and Robin, is angry with her father because she feels he mistreated her mother, seeming cool and indifferent. Robin has his own sorrows, as well as financial worries, and Joe, long depressed, feels that with Caro gone he can no longer escape his demons. The pace of events accelerates when Zoe, a photographer who shares a flat with Judy in London, comes down for a weekend, then moves in and becomes Robin's lover. Soon he's telling her about his loveless marriage, and she's also befriending Dilys-a friendship that comforts the crusty matriarch when Joe commits suicide, Harry has an accident, and all learn that they may have to leave the farm. Robin has large debts too (farming is not cheap), and Trollope make
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Joanna Trollope Spanish Lover
Bloomsbury Books 0747514674 / 9780747514671 Hardcover Very Good
0747514674 Editorial Reviews n nAmazon.com Review nIn Joanna Trollope's The Spanish Lover, Frances and Lizzie are twins, but the resemblance between them is strictly physical. Lizzie is married, a mother, the owner of a successful business. Frances is--well, people are beginning to worry about Frances now that she is almost 40. Instead of dwindling into respectable English spinsterhood, however, Frances moves to Spain and falls in love with a very married Spaniard named Luis, who, because he is Catholic, will never leave his wife. The repercussions of Frances's actions are unexpected indeed: as her life takes on new meaning and joy, the lives of her family back in England begin to crumble. n nJoanna Trollope, a descendant of novelist Anthony Trollope, has inherited her esteemed ancestor's talent for storytelling. In this bittersweet tale set on the Iberian peninsula, she deftly maps the complex relationships that exist within families and the equally complicated relations between lovers. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition. n nFrom Library Journal nIf a talent for storytelling is a family trait, then Trollope (The Choir, LJ 10/1/95), a descendant of Anthony Trollope, has inherited it in spades, as her new book proves. From the title one might expect a fluffy romance, but this novel offers much more. It is also the story of a family, the trials and tribulations of ordinary people. Frances and Lizzie are the twin daughters of William and Barbara. Lizzie is married, with four children. Frances is single and owns a travel agency. On a business trip to Seville, Frances meets the man who will later become her "Spanish lover." The affair between Frances and Luis Gomez Moreno becomes the catalyst that causes shifts and changes in the whole family, for better and worse. Trollope constructs a beautiful plot, and her descriptions of Spain will have you itching to call your travel agent. Highly recommended. n-?Dawn L. Anderson, North Richland Hills P.L., Tex. nCopyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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Joanna Trollope The Best of Friends
Black Swan 0552996432 / 9780552996433 PAPERBACK Good
0552996432 Book Description nA poignant novel about friendships and betrayal. Product Description nGina and Laurence have been the best of friends ever since they were teenagers.They have never been in love - just friends.Now, Gina is married to the exquisitely tasteful Fergus and lives in stylish perfection at High Place.Laurence is married to down-to-earth Hilary and lives in the Bee House, a home and hotel. Then, with elegant disdain, Fergus announces that he is leaving Gina and their teenage daughter.As Gina's misery ricochets through the two homes, she turns for emotional support to Laurence, her dearest friend.And as Laurence gives comfort, so his own marriage and the stability of his children edges towards destruction …
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Joanna Trollope The Choir
Black Swan 0552994944 / 9780552994941 PAPERBACK Good
0552994944 Synopsis nThe Dean of a venerable English cathedral attempts to requisition the money necessary to repair it by doing away with its popular choir. n nIndustry Reviews n" ...some truly nasty behavior by characters who are not simply villains--and the realistically unpleasant consequences of that behavior--save the novel from being just another exercise in There'll Always Be an England quaintness." nNew York Times Book Review - Wendy Smith (09/10/1995) n n"...she does have something of her illustrious ancestor's knack for portraying the human side of parochial politics and the complicated, often self-defeating, machinations that go on behind the scenes....in the choir itself she has found both an adequate symbol and an actual working example of her central theme: that spiritual values include beauty and grace as well as charity and social justice, and that pursuit of the ethical at the expense of the aesthetic can be as misguided as the pursuit of art at the expense of morality." nWall Street Journal - Merle Rubin (09/11/1995) n n"A wonderful picture of life in a modern cathedral close...a marvelously entertaining novel, and one especially interesting to Ms. Trollope's growing American following." nParry
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Joanna Trollope The Men and the Girls
Black Swan 0552994928 / 9780552994927 PAPERBACK Very Good
0552994928 Industry Reviews nJoanna Trollpe knows all there is to know about the delicate and desperate dance of the sexes and fortunately for us, she tells all in 'The Men and the Girls.' This is a dazzling, cutting diamond of a book. nBook Jacket - Anne Rivers Siddons n n[Joanna Trollope] is, as you may well have hoped, Trollopian... in sensitivity to social nuance and in strength of characterization. If she has a bit of penchant for the soap-operatic, well, so too did her distant kinsman; she neutralizes it, though, with a touch of the irreverent and by simply being very good. nWashington Post - Jonathan Yardley n nOne of the pleasures in good contemporary British fiction like 'The Men and the Girls' is the writing itself--deft, fluid, perceptive, and concise. [The novel is] full of delightful characters and memorable domestic scenes. nYardley n nAt once timeless and up-to-the-minute, utterly English and full of universal truths... graceful, warm and thoroughly entertaining. nYardley
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