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Paris (2), judge (2), country house (2), humor (1), Have loved Burmese Days (English in Burma during the Raj) and A Clergyman's Daughter (1), Scotland/England (1), reads very smoothly but keeps one's attention all the time. Mostly about Indians married to nonIndians. (1), wonderful writer (1), missing son (1), moves to England. Younger sister committed to asylum at 16. Is left there for 60 years. Very good (1), Begins with 2 young sisters in India (1), Very good. Takes place early 20th century. Young jewish woman survives slaughter of family in Russia. Arrives in US. Hears that 2 year old daughter is still alive. Sets out to Siberia to find her. This is a female odyssey. (1), India during the Raj. Married English woman falls in love with Indian doctor. Is pretty good for a romance. (1), Jewish girl growing up in Africa (1), Disappointing. Story of 3 generations of British women beginning in 1930s. Didn't hold my interest. Read first third (1), Loved again on second reading. Heroine prepares indexes and bibliographies like many Pym heroines. Dulcie Mainwaring and Viola Dace pursue same man. (1), hard to put down book about a teenage high school shooter. The book carries the reader through the lives of Kevin and his family from before he was born. (1), First of a series. Takes place in England in 1928 with flashbacks to WWI. Not great (1), horrifying subject. Felt like I was freezing and starving while reading. (1), particularly about foot binding and women's secret writing. (1), Women's lives in 19th century China. Lots of interesting details about life at that time (1), First of a series. Very good. Funny and suspenseful. (1), Love this author.Very suspenseful story about a woman's relationship with a convict. (1), Small town in PA rust belt. 2 young men with family problems. People who continually make wrong life decisions. Very good. (1), two young men on a quest (1), mother daughter problems (1), Raj orphan (1), moving up in the world (1), N.Korean movie actors (1), British/Egyptian love story (1), lady Duff Gordon (1), relationship with white woman and her daughter (1), Ethiopian shopkeeper (1), Virginia county closes public schools from 1959 to 1964 (1), Followup to Old Filth (1), Female CIA agent has to stop terrorist neo-nazi group. Exciting (1), affair with older man (1), divorce. Carol hasn't heard from her son for almost 2 weeks. Gripping. (1), Home-grown terrorism (1), fatal car accident (1), multicultural romance (1), marriage to older man (1), father and son art dealers (1), roundup of Jews (1), July 1942 (1), This is a compelling but distressing story about the relationship between a servant and her mistress in Bombay. (1), Takes place in early colonial Massachusetts. Woman fights to gain control of her own life and property after being widowed. Interesting picture of life at that time. (1), ends in Paris and New York. Very good. Has sad ending. (1), Very good mystery/spy story. Berlin after WWII. Race between USSr and US for German scientists. Lost lovers reunite. (1), infidelity (1), new house (1), dorset (1), family secret (1), family tragedy (1), imprisonment (1), poignant (1), servants (1), alcoholism (1), integration (1), North Korea (1), racism (1), love story (1), prejudice (1), marriage (1), torture (1), kidnapping (1), violence (1), suspense (1), art theft (1), English village (1), love (1), 1941. Good writing (1), by Charlotte Bacon. Follows lives of 4 generations of Canadian women. Begins in Nova Scotia (1), but mystery is dragged out too long. (1), Takes place primarily in Ireland in 1950's. Accuses Catholic Church of sending babies to US to be brought up to enter church. Enjoyed (1), Leningrad siege (1), hard to put down. (1), Egypt (1), Nazis (1), skipped thru remaining. (1), but readable. (1), HongKong (1), Very well written (1), very good. (1), India (1), tragedy (1), humorous (1), Washington DC (1), Dorset (1), prison camps (1), Siege of Leningrad (1), keeping up with the neighbors (1)
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