The Bloody English Women of the Maison Puce
by Jill Laurimore | Women's Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0718144716 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0718144716 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Plum-crazy of Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on 9/28/2010
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2 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by Plum-crazy from Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, October 23, 2010
When Alice's gynaecologist husband leaves her for his nursing assistant, she's left homeless, heartbroken, the wrong side of forty and with no life skills to speak of. So she has nothing to lose, she figures, when she buys a tiny studio flat in a strange building called the Maison Puce, on the Cote d'Azur, and starts a new life in the South of France. But getting a new life and getting over it aren't as easy as she thinks. Especially when you're dealing with more than a broken heart - broken roof tiles, and a very broken French accent don't simplify matters, either...
In brief, the story of 4 women with apartments in the same house in France. While the resentments & camaraderie of close living worked okay it wasn't IMHO, the witty & riproaringly funny book that the cover promised. I didn't seem to get to know the characters in any great detail & in parts the humour seemed on the farcical side & not in keeping with the rest of the story. On the whole, nothing to get excited about.
Read as part of the 2011 ULTIMATE CHALLENGE (#74) - themed "BODY PARTS" read for June
Read as part of the 2011 ULTIMATE CHALLENGE (#74) - themed "BODY PARTS" read for June
Journal Entry 3 by Plum-crazy at Forget-Me-Not Trust Charity Shop in Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Monday, June 27, 2011
Released 12 yrs ago (6/28/2011 UTC) at Forget-Me-Not Trust Charity Shop in Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom
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Released as part of the 2011 ULTIMATE CHALLENGE - themed "BODY PARTS" release for June
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The point of releasing book into the "wild" is that they are a free gift from the bookcrosser to the finder.However, in this case, the book was given as a donation to
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Journal Entry 4 by KawasakiBabe at Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Thursday, July 7, 2011
At last! Another of Plum-crazy's book from the Forget-me-Not! I've been armed with lists of your last few piles of releases, and this is the first one I've managed to hunt down in ages! Thank you. x.
Read, review, release to follow - if I enjoy it as much as you didn't, I'll pass it on to my Mum!
Read, review, release to follow - if I enjoy it as much as you didn't, I'll pass it on to my Mum!
Released 12 yrs ago (8/7/2011 UTC) at Whitby, North Yorkshire United Kingdom
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Nicked off my TBR pile by my Mum who's wanted to read it for ages!
I'll write up her review and "steal" it back when she's done!
I'll write up her review and "steal" it back when she's done!
Journal Entry 6 by KawasakiBabe at A train somewhere in the UK in -- Train and Bus-see notes for details ๐ , -- Trains, Tube, Metro, Buses -- United Kingdom on Sunday, October 30, 2011
Released 12 yrs ago (10/30/2011 UTC) at A train somewhere in the UK in -- Train and Bus-see notes for details ๐ , -- Trains, Tube, Metro, Buses -- United Kingdom
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Left on a train in North Yorkshire, by my Mum who loved this book.
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