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The Awakening of Miss Prim
The Awakening of Miss Prim: A Novel | Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera
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In this #1 international bestseller, a young woman leaves everything behind to work as a librarian in a remote French village, where she finds her outlook on life and love challenged in every way. Prudencia Prim is a young woman of intelligence and achievement, with a deep knowledge of literature and several letters after her name. But when she accepts the post of private librarian in the village of San Ireneo de Arnois, she is unprepared for what she encounters there. Her employer, a book-loving intellectual, is dashing yet contrarian, always ready with a critique of her cherished Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott. The neighbors, too, are capable of charm and eccentricity in equal measure, determined as they are to preserve their singular little community from the modern world outside. Prudencia hoped for friendship in San Ireneo but she didn't suspect that she might find lovenor that the course of her new life would run quite so rocky or would offer challenge and heartache as well as joy, discovery, and fireside debate. Set against a backdrop of steaming cups of tea, freshly baked cakes, and lovely company, The Awakening of Miss Prim is a distinctive and delightfully entertaining tale of literature, philosophy, and the search for happiness.
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Simona
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After a few days of reflection, I decided not to write a review. This book has almost all the elements that I don‘t like in a literary work and I don‘t want to be disrespectful. So why did I read it? Because I didn‘t do my homework and I relied solely on the summary on the covers. #Spain #ReadAroundTheWorld

DrexEdit Sorry it didn‘t work out for you. Delightful cover though. 👍 4y
BookwormM That‘s a shame 4y
Simona @DrexEdit @BookwormM Lesson learned... and I‘m sure that book has received some love from others readers. 4y
Currey Too bad. I would have read it based on the cover alone. 4y
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wallacereads
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We are in Helsinki and decided to jump on a cruise ship to Estonia. I plan on finishing this on the way over.

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vamp
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Beautiful #bookcover #croatianedition
#booklove#readingchallange2019📚📚📚

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CandycaneBelle
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Debating #mrdarcy

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CandycaneBelle
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Carrie Nation 😂😂😂😂

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CandycaneBelle
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There are parts of me I find in common with Miss Prim

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CandycaneBelle
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I still have 24 books to meet my goal! And my #bannedbook isn‘t appropriate for Work so another one must be read aloud to help this little one‘s brain!

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HotCocoaReads
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I don't think this book is a 5-star book for everyone. For me, however, I really related to it and loved all the book references and scenes set up all cozy and just as I like. I loved the open ending because I know what I think happened, but even if it didn't, this was Miss Prim's journey and she found what she needed, despite what she ends up doing when she steps off that train at the end. I loved it!

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Pam.Kokomo
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Just as charming as reported by Fountains of Carrots podcast team Haley and Christy. ❤️

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HardcoverHarlot
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This really just wasn't for me. What a strange little book.

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HardcoverHarlot
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Ready for something a bit lighter.

peaKnit What an inviting cover! 8y
LeahBergen I have this on my TBR. 8y
SaraFair Librarian👌France 👌 8y
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cottagelantern
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"You say you're looking for beauty, but this isn't the way you achieve it, my dear friend. You won't find it while you look to yourself, as if everything revolved around you. Don't you see? You mustn't be careful, you must get hurt. What I'm trying to explain, child, is that unless you allow the beauty you seek to hurt you, to break you and knock you down, you'll never find it."

Oh, this book. This book. My new favorite. Please read it. ❤❤❤

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Mehso-so

Very charming but it became tiring.

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You say you're looking for beauty, but this isn't the way to achieve it, my dear friend. You won't find it while you look to yourself, as if everything revolved around you. Don't you see? It's exactly the other way around, precisely the other way around. You mustn't be careful, you must get hurt. What I am trying to explain, child, is that unless you allow the beauty you seek to hurt you, to break you and knock you down, you'll never find it.

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Jess_Read_This
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ So much love for this gem of a book. Not at all the typical bookish chick lit I was expecting. Themes of philosophy, religion, logic, education, utopia, freedom from societal norms and expectations to highlight what a punch it packs! #bookish #reading #readerdelight #sunlight

Posemn This looks like a great book. The fact that it takes place in a village in France with cups of tea helps as well. 😉 Stacked! Thanks for the recommendation. 8y
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Bookquilter
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This book is deeper than I was prepared for. Loved it!!!

SusanInTiburon I was not aware of this one until now. Intriguing! Thanks for posting. 8y
Sue Oh this sounds delightful! 8y
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Bookquilter
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Jumping in to 24in48 from Arizona. Had to maintain my sleep schedule per DH.... But he is off to get bagels and coffee so .... Check in later #24in48

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