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Available
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Publication
HarperCollins (2001), Paperback
Description
Set in Yorkshire, London, Paris, and New York from 1926 to the present, this novel tells the story of three generations of ambitious women--Audra Kenton, her daughter Christina, and her granddaughter, Kyle.
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LibraryThing member Treesa
WARNING: Contains Spoilers
Audra is a nurse who marries a man from the lower classes. He doesn't want her to work but she does to give her daughter as many opportunities as possible. Her daughter has an inherited talent for painting which she goes to art school because of. In repayment to her mother
Audra is a nurse who marries a man from the lower classes. He doesn't want her to work but she does to give her daughter as many opportunities as possible. Her daughter has an inherited talent for painting which she goes to art school because of. In repayment to her mother
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for the hours of work she struggled with she starts designing her own clothes and selling them to Audra's chagrin. Show Less
LibraryThing member SueinCyprus
The story opens with a mother and daughter at loggerheads, and grandma called in to mediate. Most of the novel is a flashback. It's fast-moving and very readable, but difficult situations seem to get resolved rather too quickly, and the conclusion - returning to the time-frame of the prologue - is
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rather obvious. Show Less
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Physical description
528 p.; 6.85 inches
ISBN
0586058508 / 9780586058503