Her Own Rules
by Barbara Taylor Bradford
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A woman's search for her roots after she was illegally sold as a baby to another family. She is Meredith Stratton, now owner of a chain of international inns, and she is dying to know who she really is. Her search takes her to England and France where she meets a man who will change her future. By the author of Dangerous to Know.Tags
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I picked this book out of curiosity to read for the best-selling English novelist. It is my first book for Barbara Taylor. In my opinion, this book is very superficial. It is full of descriptions and flattering conversations that do no good to the plot. The main characters (Meredith, Patsy, Catherine, Jon, and Luc) are all described as flawless, extremely beautiful, with high manners, very successful and rich and they have endless love to each other. This is an idealistic representation of humans that is illogical and unpersuasive. I do not like it at all and it will definitely be the last book I read for Barbara Taylor.
It is a frothy book, full of descriptions of houses, inns, and gardens, but with an interesting genealogical search of a girl for her mother. It had a happy ending
Nice, easy read. Good flowing story.
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Barbara Taylor Bradford was born in Upper Armley, Leeds, in Yorkshire on May 10, 1933. At the age of fifteen, she was working as a typist for the Yorkshire Evening Post. After six months, she was promoted to cub reporter in the newsroom. At eighteen, she became the newspaper's Woman's Page Editor and at twenty, she headed for London where she show more became Fashion Editor of the magazine Woman's Own. She also reported for the London Evening News, Today Magazine and other publications, covering everything from crime to show business. In 1961, she met her future husband Robert Bradford and they were married in 1963. After they married, they moved to the United States and she began writing a syndicated column, Designing Woman. The column was published for twelve years and received several awards. Her debut novel, A Woman of Substance, was published in 1979 and she has since written over 20 novels. Many of her novels have been made into television mini-series including A Woman of Substance, Voice of the Heart, Act of Will, Everything to Gain and A Secret Affair. She also wrote children's books and eight books on decorating. She has received numerous awards for her work including the Matrix Award from New York Women in Communication Inc in 1985, the City of Hope's Spirit of Life Award in 1995, the Five Towns Music and Art Foundation's Award of Achievement for outstanding accomplishments in the field of Literature in 1997 and the British Excellence Award in 1998. She was inducted into the Matrix Hall of Fame in 1998 and into the Writers Hall of Fame of America in 2003. In 2007, she was awarded an OBE (The Order of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to Literature. She is a member of the James Madison Council of the Library of Congress. She is also involved in several charity projects such as Literacy Partners and the Police Athletic League of New York City. She made the New York Times Best Seller List in 2014 with her title Cavendon Hall. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Un sogno tutto nuovo
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- Her Own Rules
- People/Characters
- Meredith Stratton
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- Her Own Rules (1998 | IMDb)
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