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The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets
The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets | Eva Rice
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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Lidiacreech
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Every time I opened this book to continue where I left off, it was like coming home. The characters were lovable and flawed; the plot was excitingly realistic, and the 1950s setting colluded the book with just the right tone.

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Marchpane
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Another long-forgotten book that had been languishing in the TBR for years, rediscovered by way of a daily photo tag...

Set in 1950s London, faded grandeur, a crumbling ancestral home, Dior's New Look, the beginnings of rock & roll... sounds wonderful. Have any of you read this?

#dressesoncovers #readjanuary

moarbookspleaze Loved this book. 8y
DivineDiana No, but I am adding it! 8y
Marchpane @moarbookspleaze that's good to hear! I'll have to bump it back up the list 😄 8y
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CocoReads Just added. It sounds amazing. 8y
mklong Oh I love this book! 8y
Coleen I think ... I might have this one buried in my TBR as well. 🤔 8y
[DELETED] 206653737 Cool cover! 8y
Verity I've read it but a long time ago. My sister loved it, but I think I wasn't as keen. 8y
Smangela This is on my TBR but not at my library which I always find so frustrating! 8y
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JennaRoot
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This one was just so so for me. I probably won't remember much about it in a few months. 😬

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JennaRoot
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Reading so many great books this summer! Hope this one stays on trend! #nextup

Amandajoy I love this book! It's one of the few I've reread. 8y
JennaRoot Awwww :) ok @Amandajoy I'm only 50 pages in but moving along quickly! 8y
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AWahle
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"Like all intelligent people, she functions very well in extreme disorder."

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