The White Palazzo

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Summary: What a gem!
Review: Cooney's new book, The White Palazzo, is a gem. It is so rare these days to find such a fresh and original novel. It's funny too - I found myself chuckling all the way through. I loved both of the main characters. They were both fascinating in very different ways. They are so very different but, when they meet, something very special happens between them. The "kiss" is hysterical yet electric at the same time. What a pleasure to read!

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Summary: Can Tara and Guida find true happiness?
Review: Ellen Cooney is the consummate story teller. Her most recent work, White Palazzo, is well written fiction at its best. I particularly enjoyed the way Ellen Cooney develops her characters. In White Palazzo, she has created strong women characters, women of substance and humor. Read White Palazzo.

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Summary: Terrific!
Review: I just finished reading this novel and I thought it was terrific. I loved the characters and found the story totally absorbing, tender, and funny. This book deserves to be a huge success.

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Summary: A Real Thing
Review: I know the author so I need to be anonymous; the author was my teacher in a workshop and I was nervous about reading her stuff as I was afraid to be let down, as she is a great teacher who doesn't do an ego thing, but is truly into creativity and art. I came across some of her stories and was impressed and then read THE WHITE PALAZZO and all I can say is, compared to something like 90 percent of what passes for novels these days, this is a genuine thing; this is the real thing. The characterization is first rate. The descriptions of inner thoughts is the key here which is a rare thing in contemporary writing. "Inner is where real life is" is what's happening. I agree with the comments made elsewhere that it is too short, though. But overall it is loaded with life, a real example of how the craft of writing is far from dead.

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Summary: Ellen Coony Brings Unique Style To A Beautiul Tale
Review: I love this book! I wish that I could call Tara on the telephone and talk to her. I fell in love with her instantly. This is a beautiful book! Ellen Cooney's style has an almost poetic rhythm. The stoy is like a fairy tale, but the characters are extremely real! When I finished the book I wanted to know them! This is a great book!

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Summary: Ellen Coony Brings Unique Style To A Beautiul Tale
Review: I love this book! I wish that I could call Tara on the telephone and talk to her. I fell in love with her instantly. This is a beautiful book! Ellen Cooney's style has an almost poetic rhythm. The stoy is like a fairy tale, but the characters are extremely real! When I finished the book I wanted to know them! This is a great book!

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Summary: What a Burst of Novel Energy
Review: Just when I thought I knew a lot about how novels are put together, i.e., turning my hand to write one myself, along comes a book that, you get completely engrossed like it's a page-turner, and it hasn't got any of the aspects you think a novel has to have. There are two central characters but lots of minor characters, most of who, you never even actually see, they're background stories. But it's all such a vivid novel; you get so caught up in the plain sheer energy and power of the author's voice, which is amazingly unique. It gives me so much inspiration for what you can do with novels. I LOVE this book. I want to read the author's other works. Tara Barlow, the main character is unlike anyone I ever met in a book before, and so is Guida, her new girlfriend. Great!

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Summary: A free-spirited road trip that opens the soul
Review: The White Palazzo by Ellen Cooney is a superbly crafted novel of two women who discover one another, in a journey that leads to lesbian love, abiding faith in one another, and a free-spirited road trip that opens the soul. A combination romance, folk tale, humor novel, and poignant reflection on destiny, The White Palazzo offers a unique and enthralling reading experience from cover to cover.

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Summary: The White Palazzo
Review: This book is so recommended by me, I believe everyone should read it, it was masterfully done ... a little bit of everything ... it's worth it, it's fabulous.

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Summary: A great read
Review: This is a great read. I have read a lot of books about gays and this one comes the closest ever to what it feels like to want to get together with someone of your own gender. I just wish it was longer. Maybe there will be a sequel. But there should be a movie of this. The main characters would be great for a movie.