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Beatrice Colin
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Chekov, Carver, Nabakov, Fitzgerald, Moore, Spark etc
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The Glimmer Palace
   3.71 avg rating — 633 ratings
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2008
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My Invisible Sister
by Beatrice Colin (Goodreads Author), Sara Pinto  3.41 avg rating — 17 ratings
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2010
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The Songwriter
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2010
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Disappearing Act
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2001
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Nude Untitled
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2000
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Wonderful gripping story. I am glad I set an alarm on my phone for when I needed to leave for my train as I was so absorbed :) " |
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My sister gave me this book and I was skeptical but I ended up loving it. I can't say exactly why, but I can recommend it - and I definitely do.
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I loved this wonderful tale of the life of a Berlin orphan and her rise to movie stardom. Set mainly between the two World Wars, the story also provides a fascinating insight into life in Berlin in those times, the poverty, the debauchery and the...
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| Under Milk Wood in rural England. Exquisitely written with lots of weird and wonderful characters, an illicit affair and a dark underside. | |
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"I know. It's fantastic. Toss up every night between Freedom and Mad Men catch-up episodes.
When are you next in town? Bea " |
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| Often painful to read but also funny and ultimately uplifting. The characterization is brilliant and the writing moves with such a pace that I found the last third hard to put down. An important book about the reality of cancer, its treatment, and Am...more | |
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“She tried to smile but her face,she noticed with a jolt,was one that had been configured for tradgedy.”
― Beatrice Colin
― Beatrice Colin
“You think of me like a book?'
'Of course,' she said. 'To open your pages is to be taken into another world.”
― Beatrice Colin, The Songwriter
'Of course,' she said. 'To open your pages is to be taken into another world.”
― Beatrice Colin, The Songwriter
“Monroe started to play again. The piano was warming up, the keys firm beneath his fingertips, the pedals amplifying or dampening, the melodies he played rising up from beneath the lid in curves and curls as if they were printed on the air like Braille.”
― Beatrice Colin, The Songwriter
― Beatrice Colin, The Songwriter
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“She tried to smile but her face,she noticed with a jolt,was one that had been configured for tradgedy.”
― Beatrice Colin
― Beatrice Colin
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Oh it's not a problem at all. I don't know about great, my own reviews always embaress me. Great journies to you as well!
Beatrice wrote: "Hi K.L.
Just realized I can answer you! Better late etc. Thanks for the great review. And thanks for being a fan. Happy reading.
Bx
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Hi K.L.Just realized I can answer you! Better late etc. Thanks for the great review. And thanks for being a fan. Happy reading.
Bx
