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Valentine Picture Story Library: "... I Tried to Pull Free but he Crushed his Lips to Mine ..."
OUTLINE
Hum the song while you strum your heartstrings with this irresistible collection of love stories; inspired by the songs of some of the greatest musicians of the 50s and 60s. Heart-stopping romance, raw passion, desperate tragedy and swooningly dishy chaps, all packed into a handy handbag-sized volume.Faithfully reproduced from the original Fleetway weekly story libraries, this throbbing compendium will have pulses racing and toes tapping. So, whether it's brings back distant memories of the village hop with the local heart throb or gives you giggle at the innocence of times past, restore your faith in good old-fashioned romance and remember, the girl always gets the dreamboat in the end.
CONTENTS
Cliff Richard: 'Living Doll'; Elvis Presley: 'Treat Me Nice'; Pat Boone: 'Say it With Music'; Cliff Richard: 'No Turning Back'; Adam Faith: 'What Do You Want'; Russ Conway: 'You Made Me Love You'.
(Description from www.carltonbooks.co.uk)
Hum the song while you strum your heartstrings with this irresistible collection of love stories; inspired by the songs of some of the greatest musicians of the 50s and 60s. Heart-stopping romance, raw passion, desperate tragedy and swooningly dishy chaps, all packed into a handy handbag-sized volume.Faithfully reproduced from the original Fleetway weekly story libraries, this throbbing compendium will have pulses racing and toes tapping. So, whether it's brings back distant memories of the village hop with the local heart throb or gives you giggle at the innocence of times past, restore your faith in good old-fashioned romance and remember, the girl always gets the dreamboat in the end.
CONTENTS
Cliff Richard: 'Living Doll'; Elvis Presley: 'Treat Me Nice'; Pat Boone: 'Say it With Music'; Cliff Richard: 'No Turning Back'; Adam Faith: 'What Do You Want'; Russ Conway: 'You Made Me Love You'.
(Description from www.carltonbooks.co.uk)
400 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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Lara Maiklem
9 books103 followersLara Maiklem is a British editor who has been mudlarking for more than a decade. Featured in the Guardian and by the BBC for her work as the "London Mudlark," she lives on the Kent coast,close to the Thames Estuary, and visits the river as regularly as the tides permit.
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October 17, 2020
I found this on my library shelves which was bought a long time ago; it must have been a present as I don't remember buying it at all. I am however going to read it because well, why not?
This is a book of its time, very much aimed at the teenager of the 1950s. I am not sure what else I can say about it to be honest - very different times to today I guess!
This is a book of its time, very much aimed at the teenager of the 1950s. I am not sure what else I can say about it to be honest - very different times to today I guess!
March 30, 2020
There's nothing of substance in these, no stakes for any of the stories whatsoever. the characters are like paper cutouts and the romance is passionless and characterless. The barbie-doll-like-character design is such that the different characters are barely distinguishable, both physically and in personality and yet-
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from the moment I saw it in a second hand bookstore I fell in LOVE with it and it was the perfect gift for a particularly cringy friend that I have.
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from the moment I saw it in a second hand bookstore I fell in LOVE with it and it was the perfect gift for a particularly cringy friend that I have.
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