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A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)

Barbara Taylor Bradford

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Jul 25, 2011 Lisa (Harmonybites) rated it did not like it

Shelves: historical-fiction, novels, fiction, chick-lit, popular-fiction, romance, ultimate-reading-list

I love historical fiction, and to my mind there aren't enough that focus on the drama of building a business, so the premise of this appealed to me. It's the rag to riches story of a British woman who went from lowly maid to powerful head of a business empire in the early 20th century when women weren't by and large able to rise to such heights.

However, the writing style here was puerile romance aisle, and far too wretched to make me willing to stay with this for over 900 trade paperback pages. ...more

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Jan 03, 2024 Jennifer added it

A bag of potato chips. Enjoy on a holiday.

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Jul 22, 2010 Jean rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

My favorite book of all time. I read this book many years ago and it brought much inspiration to my life. I finally found a copy of it in the bookstore the other day an bought it immediately. I plan to read it again once I finish my current book. I would like to see if I get the same inspiration from it and maybe come away with a different perspective.

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