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false <![CDATA[The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173218853m/259912.jpg 259912 11 Set in 1950s London, The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets centers around Penelope, the wide- eyed daughter of a legendary beauty, Talitha, who lost her husband to the war. Penelope, with her mother and brother, struggles to maintain their vast and crumbling ancestral homewhile postwar London spins toward the next decade's cultural revolution. Penelope wants nothing more than to fall in love, and when her new best friend, Charlotte, a free spirit in the young society set, drags Penelope into London with all of its grand parties, she sets in motion great change for them all. Charlotte's mysterious and attractive brother Harry uses Penelope to make his American ex-girlfriend jealous, with unforeseen consequences, and a dashing, wealthy American movie producer arrives with what might be the key to Penelope's and her family'sfuture happiness. Vibrant, witty, and filled with vivid historical detail, The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets is an utterly unique debut novel about a time and place just slipping into history. 870019 2005 The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets total:1007|5:254|4:429|3:257|2:54|1:13| 1007 3878 1672 257 3 3 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 17:37:43 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 17:38:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 12:22:37 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 14:45:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 10:58:07 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 06 14:12:08 -0800 2009
Penelope writes her story of the awkward turning point from girl to woman. The minimal tidbits which revealed her older...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 14:53:25 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 14:56:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jul 12 09:43:47 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 13:33:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 08:25:49 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 08:07:05 -0700 2008
This snippet of conversation...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 05 11:57:28 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 12:05:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 17:59:25 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 16:59:45 -0700 2009 Who's Who in Enid Blyton. Classic.
It's 1954, and six-foot-nothing Penelope Wallace lives with her younger brother Inigo, and her beautiful mother Talitha in their enormou...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 14:34:32 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 07:07:46 -0700 2009
It reminded me of "I capute the castle", since it's also about a (once famous and rich) family living in a big house but having almost no money and told from the point of view of the teenaged daughte...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 22:30:56 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 18:56:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 21:06:56 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 06:47:25 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 12:52:29 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 09:44:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 19 20:00:39 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 20:06:08 -0800 2008 I LOVED this book. I just LOVED the main character and connected with ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 29 22:20:28 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 15 15:53:52 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 06:59:51 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 11:23:10 -0800 2008
i cried at the end...well towards the middle end. Penelope was an amazing storyt...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 30 17:58:19 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 18:16:19 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 03:05:31 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 03:05:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 05 04:48:14 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 04:56:23 -0800 2009
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In post World War 2 England, rationing is ending, grand houses are tumbling down from neglect and lack of money and families are learning to cope with the losses of husbands and fathers.
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