The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets: The bestselling coming-of-age novel from the author of This Could Be Everything - Brossura

Rice, Eva

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ISBN 10: 0755325508 ISBN 13: 9780755325504

Casa editrice: Headline, 2005

Riassunto

Miranda Hart contributes a fabulous foreword to this beautiful new edition of the beloved bestseller, published to celebrate its ten year anniversary. Hailed a 'modern vintage classic', The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets was a Richard and Judy Book Club Choice. This special edition also includes a brand new exclusive short story from Eva Rice, The Moth Trap, which offers a glimpse into the cocktail party where Penelope's parents, Archie and Talitha, first met. Set in the 1950s, in an England still recovering from the Second World War, this is the enchanting story of Penelope Wallace and her eccentric family at the start of the rock'n'roll era. Penelope longs to be grown-up and to fall in love, but various rather inconvenient things keep getting in her way. Like her mother, a stunning but petulant beauty widowed at a tragically early age, her younger brother Inigo, currently incapable of concentrating on anything that isn't Elvis Presley, a vast but crumbling ancestral home, a severe shortage of cash, and her best friend Charlotte's sardonic cousin Harry...

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Recensione:

So good we could hardly speak (Observer)

A delight of Nancy Mitford-esque trials and tribulations (Vogue)

This tenth anniversary edition of Rice's modern classic is a treat for fans of Nancy Mitford and Elizabeth Jane Howard. Stylishly written with a touch of whimsical charm (The Lady 2015-05-01)

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The classic bestseller adored by thousands of readers, reissued for its tenth anniversary with a stunning new cover, exclusive foreword by Miranda Hart and a brand new short story by the author.

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• Editore: Headline
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0755325508
• ISBN 13: 9780755325504
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 480