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Love for Sale (Grace & Favor #4)
If Lily and Robert Brewster no longer have a penny to their names, at least they have a roof over their heads in this bleak Depression November of 1932 -- the sprawling estate of their late great-uncle in Voorburg-on-Hudson. But then a badly disguised stranger offers to pay generously to hold a very secret meeting there shortly before the national election. And soon one o
...moreMass Market Paperbound, 272 pages
Published
February 24th 2004
by Avon Books
(first published 2003)
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Fun light read set in the great depression. This is part of the Grace and Favor Series. A very rich brother and sister find themselves trying to earn a living after their family looses all their money in the crash and their parents die. They are barely making it when their eccentric Uncle leaves them a huge mansion in upstate NY. But there are lots of strings attached to the inheritance. The mysteries are set around the mansion that they have turned into a bed and breakfast/boarding house. A rad...more
I cannot explain why I keep reading these books. Repeatedly, these books offer pages of completely insignificant detail while providing virtually no character development or even much in the way of backstory. It takes a whole chapter for Mrs Tarkington to move into Grace and Favor and two sentences to explain why. This is backwards story-telling. And yet I keep reading. Go figure.
(And while I appreciate the song-titles-as-book-titles gimmick, one would think some attempt might be ma...more
(And while I appreciate the song-titles-as-book-titles gimmick, one would think some attempt might be ma...more
This is very light reading, but cute. I'm reading a heavy book about Russia, so this is a little relief. Grace and Favor is a mansion with strings attached. Robert and Lily were two rich young siblings at the time of Stock Market crash. Their wealthy father lost everything and killed himself. They were penniless when an uncle died and left them a mansion with a lot of strings. They have to stay there for 10 years, get jobs and give back to the town. They turn Grace and Favor into a boardi...more
As much as I like the Grace and Favor books, this one just didn't live up to the others as much. But it is still good and I do recommend.
It was a weird, convoluted read, and while you may pick the "bad guy" out early on, and the reasons behind it, it still takes you for a mental rollercoaster of a ride trying to sort out the stories.
Blurb from Author's site:
LOVE FOR SALE
Sister and brother Lily and Robert Brewster raised in the lap of ...more
It was a weird, convoluted read, and while you may pick the "bad guy" out early on, and the reasons behind it, it still takes you for a mental rollercoaster of a ride trying to sort out the stories.
Blurb from Author's site:
LOVE FOR SALE
Sister and brother Lily and Robert Brewster raised in the lap of ...more
Fourth book in the Grace and Favor mystery series. I have really enjoyed these stories, as much as for the historical backdrop and events as for the mystery. In this story, the mystery seemed a bit disjointed, as if the author were trying to fit too much into the story. But in any case, I enjoy the continuing development of the various main characters and look forward to reading more.
Love for Sale is a book set in 1932, during the Great Depression. As an aficionado of the period, I would have like it to have had more specific period detail. I didn't really feel like I was "there". More period descriptions also would have filled out the book, which is rather small.
Nice light reading. It's not my favorite in the series, but it is a quick, enjoyable read for a summer day when it's too hot to leave the house!
A real nice cozy. Everything about the book was warm and inviting. A very quick read. I will be looking out for more of the series.
2.5 stars; I rounded it up to 3. It was a good mystery, although not one that I would re-read.
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Love for Sale (Grace & Favor Mysteries, No. 4) by Jill Churchill (2004)
good one!
A solid mystery. Well written.
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Jill Churchill, winner of the Agatha and Macavity Mystery Readers Awards, and nominated for an Anthony for her best-selling Jane Jeffry series, lives as Jane does, in a midwestern suburb. On purpose! She says writing this series and the Grace and Favor series is the best treat she can have without a knife and fork.
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