false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222189223m/550343.jpg 550343 18 Set in the early 1900s in the tiny town of Byron, nestled in the Australia's Blue Mountains, it tells of the blossoming of Missy Wright, 33-year-old spinster and poor relation of the town's ruling family, the Hurlingfords. Missy, her widowed mother and crippled aunt live in genteel poverty, victims of the Hurlingford inheritance policy that gives riches and power to the male members of the family, who heartlessly abuse the women they dominate. Plain, painfully thin and doomed to dress always in serviceable brown, shockingly dark-haired in a clan of luminous blondes, Missy seems fated for da dreary future until a distant cousin, a divorcee, arrives from Sydney. Under her tutelage, Missy acquires spunk, hope and the means to a happy ending. 1486730 1987 The Ladies of Missalonghi (Harper Short Novel Series) total:489|5:105|4:165|3:166|2:41|1:12| 489 1777 589 65 1 3 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 19:22:17 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 21:11:30 -0800 2008 The Ladies of Missalonghi reads like an Australianized version of L.M. Montgomery's Canadian classic, The Blue Castle. Lest my fellow goodreaders think that I am overzealous in defending the honor ...more...]]> 1 2 false true Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat May 03 15:55:11 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 31 15:21:40 -0800 2009 The Blue Castle, a vastly superior book. The Ladies of Missalonghi is a complete and total rip-off of Montgomery's story (PLAGIARISM). The stories are exactly the same. A Victorian Old ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Aug 07 02:49:19 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 02:49:53 -0700 2009 Três mulheres que vivem sózinhas, dedicadas à casa e às costuras, que apenas vivem o dia a dia de forma calma. Missy a mais nova da...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 13:08:01 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 13:32:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 13:30:04 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 13:35:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Apr 24 08:44:21 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 24 08:44:35 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1988 Wed Feb 25 06:32:24 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 06:32:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 13:46:21 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 13:51:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 17:21:46 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 17:56:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 12:15:17 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 12:19:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Feb 04 12:26:13 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 12:28:44 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 17:12:42 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 17:14:05 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Mar 12 19:35:45 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 19:37:11 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Mar 17 20:43:24 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 21:37:12 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Thu Oct 29 19:18:51 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 19:19:53 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 12:15:21 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 12:15:21 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jan 30 09:37:25 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 09:39:00 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat May 09 09:55:12 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 09:56:23 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 17:12:55 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 17:17:19 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Feb 10 17:30:33 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 17:34:40 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=550343