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| Original Title: | The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets |
| ISBN: | 0452288096 (ISBN13: 9780452288096) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Eva Rice
Paperback | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 3.94 | 6896 Users | 900 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets |
| Author | : | Eva Rice |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2007 by Plume Books (first published October 24th 2005) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Romance |
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Set in 1950s London The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets centers around Penelope the wide- eyed daughter of a legendary beauty Talitha who lost her husband to the war. Penelope with her mother and brother struggles to maintain their vast and crumbling ancestral home while postwar London spins toward the next decade's cultural revolution. Penelope wants nothing more than to fall in love and when her new best friend Charlotte a free spirit in the young society set drags Penelope into London with all of its grand parties she sets in motion great change for them all. Charlotte's mysterious and attractive brother Harry uses Penelope to make his American ex-girlfriend jealous with unforeseen consequences and a dashing wealthy American movie producer arrives with what might be the key to Penelope's and her family's future happiness. Vibrant witty and filled with vivid historical detail The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets is an utterly unique debut novel about a time and place just slipping into history.Rating Containing Books The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets
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I *loved* this book. The whole reading experience was self-indulgent. God knows why I picked it up - I liked the look of the cover, I think, after reading someone elses enthusiastic Goodreads review.It is I Capture the Castle Lite. Or I Capture the Castle set 20 years later on, in a giddy 1954/1955 England gorging itself on butter and sugar and bacon and pop music after 15 years of austerity and rationing. The castle in question is the wonderful, decaying and doomed Great House Milton Magna,I really couldn't get on with this at all, to the point where I had to give up! I even tried reading another book and then going back to it, but I just found that I wasn't interested. it started well and got me hooked and then I just found myself drifting off and thinking about other things... I wouldn't even be able to say what it is about! I have friends who have highly recommended it, so I'd like to try it again, but there are just so many books that I'd like to read!!
Before I read this book, I had a feeling that I was going to like it a lot. Whether it was the vintage dresses displayed on the cover or the numerous comparisons to "I Capture the Castle", I am not sure. But needless to say, I was not disappointed. This book is neither suspenseful nor innovative but I couldn't put it down until I had finished it.I love the characters Eva Rice has created. They are undeniably quirky, but not so much as to make them unbelievable. And I was enchanted with the
I loved this book. It reminded me very much of I Capture The Castle, particularly in the way that the big stately home of Magna takes on its own character throughout the story. However, unlike that story, this one has a satisfying ending!
This review was originally posted on [Between My Lines]I love books about female friendship and at the very heart of this book is a friendship that is exuberant, fun and full of life. Actually the whole book is full of that too. First Line of The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice: "I met Charlotte in London one afternoon while waiting for a bus." My Thoughts on The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice: The setting of this book is fab. Its set in post war England at a time of huge
This is another vaguely rip-offish version of I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. Confession? I'm not original about selecting books to read. I was looking at different book sites on the web and putting in favorite books to see what came up when I came across The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets. I'd read all of the books that were like all of my other favorites, except for Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle (I'm still planning on reading the others, as well. Bring on the Elvis impersonators!). I
Before I say anything else about this book, I'd like to state for the record that I am definitely not a fan of 'chick lit'; anything with a pastel cover promising a stereotypical romantic storyline usually sends me running for the hills. So when a friend recommended this novel to me, I was initially unsure; but the 1950s setting and glowing reviews persuaded me to read on. I'm very glad I did.The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets is a real treat - the literary equivalent of a huge slice of chocolate
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