I am surely guessing at the book categoryof this title. I found it calling my name at The Bookshelf Used store in Scarborough in the dollar rack (I still think they put this in the wrong place!)

"A gorgeous girl recalls her coming of age in her tiny, picturesque English village at the turn of the last century. After she opts out of a rural beauty pageant, her life - and its telling - begins to unravel. And it unravels into a multitude of extremely amusing, searingly beautiful strands that eventually lead her, and a trouboled young man who befriends her, through the well-upholstered hellholes of modern Manhatten toward a heartrendering and hugely satisfying climax that will almost literally blow your socks off."

This book started out very slowly. I was unhappy with the accent and the way it was portrayed at first, as it made for a tough read. The story did become much more interesting and I was sad to see it finish in the end. Throws a few unforeseen loops at you, and definately make you want for more. I finished this one very quickly.

Reserved for LGinder :)

Released on Tuesday, January 04, 2005 at about 7:00:00 PM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at Controlled Release in Controlled Release, Controlled Release Controlled Releases.

RELEASE NOTES:

Mailed off to LGinder today! :)

The joy of finding a book in the mailbox!! Got today and hopefully will get to read real soon. Thanks for the trade!

Okay Jebbie74 I really enjoyed the first half of this book and got rather lost in the second half! The table of contents was quite unique to start off with. Then the telling of her story through the decades, being addressed as Reader, and her should-have-been-dead-smelly-old-woman recollections. And what's with this Bruno Maddox character. He's the type of guy you just want to slap back into reality!

I think the next Reader may just enjoy this (or hate this) in it's entirety! I'm posting it as a rabck on the forum tonight. I await another journal entry to find the Readers opinion!

RELEASE NOTES:

RABCK'ing to Sidney1220 in Virginia!

Received in the mail today.

6/19/2005 Accepted by skinkie86 - browse my bookshelf bookrelay.

8/10/05 Mailed today.

Gotten as a relay...I'll read and I'll be back

Many thanks for this surprise RABCK. Even if I don't enjoy this book it will be appreciated at one of my book-crossing zones I am sure.

I quite enjoyed the first half of this book, but it just got a bit wierd in the 2nd half and I didn't like it half so much, Bruno was just wierd!

RELEASE NOTES:

Lent to a colleague at work.