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Trivia
Question: Go to each of the Author's Webpage and tell
us something you found of interest
| A neglected garden. A cottage that
holds a secret. A mysterious Frenchman (handsome,
naturally). A family in need of some love. These
elements are entwined in this heartwarming novel
by the author reviewers consistently compare to
Maeve Binchy and Rosamunde Pilcher.
It begins as Miranda and David Claybourne move
into a country house with a once-beautiful garden.
But reality turns out to be very different from
their dream. Soon the latent unhappiness in
the family begins to come to the surface, isolating
each family member in a bubble of resentment
and loneliness.
Then an enigmatic Frenchman arrives on their
doorstep. With the wisdom of nature, he slowly
begins to heal the past and the present. But
who is he? When Miranda reads about his past
in a diary she finds in the cottage by the garden,
the whole family learns that a garden, like
love itself, can restore the human spirit, not
just season after season but generation after
generation.
Wise and winsome, poignant and powerfully moving,
The French Gardener is a contemporary story
told with an old-fashioned sensibility steeped
in the importance of family and the magical
power of love
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| Rumors and Gossip . . . The lifeblood
of London
When Olivia Bevelstoke is told that her new
neighbor may have killed his fiancée,
she doesn't believe it for a second, but, still,
how can she help spying on him, just to be sure?
So she stakes out a spot near her bedroom window,
cleverly concealed by curtains, watches, and
waits . . . and discovers a most intriguing
man, who is definitely up to something.
Sir Harry Valentine works for the boring branch
of the War Office, translating documents vital
to national security. He's not a spy, but he's
had all the training, and when a gorgeous blonde
begins to watch him from her window, he is instantly
suspicious. But just when he decides that she's
nothing more than an annoyingly nosy debutante,
he discovers that she might be engaged to a
foreign prince, who might be plotting against
England. And when Harry is roped into spying
on Olivia, he discovers that he might be falling
for her himself . . .
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| Seemingly sheltered from the threats
of economic collapse and the risk of downsizing
from new Roger Viviers to consignment Manolos,
the Hedge Fund men and their wives occupy a world
of boundless excess and secluded luxury, a step
above the already outrageous wealth of the Upper
East Side.
Married to the founder of Comet Capital, Holly
Talbott is slowing becoming a reluctant Mrs.
Hedgefund. Sure, it’s great to be a stay-at-home
mom to her son Miles and to have a rolodex of
eager donors when she is fundraising for the
local hospital. But, the lunches are called
luncheons because they take eons, even botox
can’t stop her mother-in-law’s withering
stares, and her husband, Tim, is away so often
it feels like she’s single again.
When an adventure in trendy Williamsburg leads
to a shocking discovery, Holly soon learns that
not all of Tim’s trips have been for business.
Forced to choose between living honestly and
being a Mrs. Hedgefund, Holly begins to navigate
a new New York existence and finds that sometimes
exes have all the fun, and in the most unexpected
places..
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Winner:aromagik@
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