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Summary: Boring
Review: "Once upon at time...................and they lived happily ever after." B.T.B. has done so much better than this. I can't believe the author of "A Woman of Substance" could come up with such banality. The so-called fued was a joke, and the ending was so sweet it made my teeth hurt. I'm sorry I wasted my money.
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Summary: expect to be bored
Review: ... The characters are flat, the story unexciting, and the events very predictable. I decided not to give up on it because I believed it would get better. I was wrong. One thing, though, if you have trouble sleeping, this book will get you there faster than any pill the doctor could prescribe.
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Summary: A CONSUMMATE READING
Review: Acclaimed Broadway actress Kate Burton is spectacular in this reading of Barbara Taylor Bradford's 18th novel, which is spiced with romance, mystery, excitement, and, of course, problems to be overcome. What a pair - Ms. Burton, surely one of today's most accomplished actresses and Ms. Bradford, the bestselling doyenne of women's stories.. A dynamic duo!
With her 85th birthday approaching, Anya Sedgwick, head mistress of an exclusive arts school, invites her four favorite former pupils to return to Paris to celebrate this important milestone. While they were once the closest of friends, Alexandra, Kay, Jessica, and Maria departed the school as enemies. Worlds apart, the women have pursued their individual dreams - Alexandra is a set designer, a valued member of Broadway's theatre community; Kay is a successful dress designer who has married and moved to Scotland; Jessica is an interior designer based in California; and Maria has joined her family's textile business in Italy. The invitation from Anya elicits different emotions in each of the women, yet a blend of curiosity and a yearning to perhaps heal old wounds compels each of them to attend the celebration. As always, Ms. Bradford is a pro at creating alluring settings and fashionable people. Her penchant for painting idyllic surroundings is matched by Ms. Burton's consummate reading.
- Gail Cooke
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Summary: Great Detail
Review: Although this narrative was not riviting it did leave me with a desire to visit PARIS. Bradford writes with a fimilarity of her setting but at times the plot bogs down in too much detail. Her characterizations were authentic and the dialogue progressed the story with ease, still I know Bradford has produced better.
Beverly J Scott author of Righteous Revenge
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Summary: DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK
Review: Boring story, forgettable characters and lots of French words. Pretentious to the extreme. I checked it out from the library, it was worth every penny and not one penny more.
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Summary: Pretentious and Boring
Review: Boring story, forgettable characters and lots of French words. Pretentious to the extreme. I checked it out from the library, it was worth every penny and not one penny more.
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Summary: ...tastic
Review: Every page of this book is filled with cliches and the most superficial content I've ever read. The most enjoyable part is on pages 134-35 where Anya is descibed (on page 134) with eyes that are "a lovely blue" and on page 135, she focuses her "light-green eyes" intently. The "plot" is boring and the writing is shockingly trite.
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Summary: A Great Escape
Review: For those looking to escape the reality of todays headlines, this book is a really good diversion. Barbara Taylor Bradford in a wonderful story teller and this book is surely one of her best. Although she has created 4 interesting lead characters, the star of this story is the lovely city of Paris (which is described in great detail). BTB makes the most of the city in setting up the story as the drama unfolds. Readers will also enjoy the character of Anya who is the mentor to the four successful women who return to Paris for her milestone birthday. Anya is spunky and sharp, as she tries to reconcile old friendships and encourage her pupils to make sense of their past. Suspenseful and well written, this is one of Barbara's better novels.
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Summary: 3 weeks of being anoyed
Review: I chose 3 weeks in Paris because I like to read about modern women and I love Paris and I even enjoy a good romance novel now and again but this has got to be by far one of the worst books I have ever read! It started out alright in fact i really enjoyed it until the prologue ended. The book may have been passable had I been a ble to stand the main character Alexa but there was just something about her that made me want to ring her neck! It may have been the fact that everytime she said or thought something she sounded like someone who knew they were good at something but were trying to be modest in order to get attention. I have a strong feeling that Barbara Bradford is a very superficial woman and I dont think I will be reading another one of her books if I can help it. I would strongly recomend you stay away from this book or if you absolutly have to read it rent it from the library, dont waste your money!
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Summary: Dissaponting
Review: I don't know what is the matter with her.Lately her books start up fine but by the middle it feels like she is in a hurry to finish them. The reader starts thinking about this big mystery and she solves it in two parragraphs. I think Mrs. Taylor Bradford is more interested in the money she gets when she finishes the book than in its content.
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