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Twenties Girl
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Twenties Girl (2009) (edit title/settings)

by Sophie Kinsella (Author) (edit contributors)

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Written with all the irrepressible charm and humor that have made Sophie Kinsella’s books beloved by millions, "Twenties Girl" is also a deeply moving testament to the transcendent bonds of friendship and family.

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Lara Lington has always had an overactive imagination, but suddenly that imagination seems to be in overdrive. Normal professional twenty-something young women don’t get visited by ghosts. Or do they? When the spirit of Lara’s great-aunt Sadie–a feisty, demanding girl with firm ideas about... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Lara Lington has always had an overactive imagination, but suddenly that imagination seems to be in overdrive. Normal professional twenty-something young women don’t get visited by ghosts. Or do they? When the spirit of Lara’s great-aunt Sadie–a feisty, demanding girl with firm ideas about fashion, love, and the right way to dance–mysteriously appears, she has one last request: Lara must find a missing necklace that had been in Sadie’s possession for more than seventy-five years, and Sadie cannot rest without it. Lara, on the other hand, has a number of ongoing distractions. Her best friend and business partner has run off to Goa, her start-up company is floundering, and she’s just been dumped by the “perfect” man. Sadie, however, could care less. Lara and Sadie make a hilarious sparring duo, and at first it seems as though they have nothing in common. But as the mission to find Sadie’s necklace leads to intrigue and a new romance for Lara, these very different “twenties” girls learn some surprising truths from each other along the way.

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  • “Hi, twenties girl. Great evening last night.”
    Ed Harrison
  • “Thanks twenties guy. I appreciate it.”
    Lara Lington
  • “You know, it takes more than a ghost with a loud voice to breakup a real relationship.”
    Lara Lington
  • “The worst thing a girl can do is trial after a boy when a love affair is dead.”
    Sadie
  • “I am so, so, so sick of people telling me to give up. My parents, Natalie, that old woman i got talking to on the bus once... Why should I give up? Why does everyone keep telling me to give up? What's wrong with sticking to one single goal? In every other area of life, perseverance is encouraged! It's rewarded! I mean, they didn't tell Edison to give up on lightbulbs, did they? They didn't tell Scott to forget about the South Pole! He refused to give up, and he made it!”
    Lara
  • “Tally-Ho!”
    Sadie
  • “And let's face it. Ed Harrison thinks I'm a nutter anyway. What difference does it make if I turn up in a flapper dress?”
    Lara
  • “The worst thing a girl can do is trail after a boy when a love affair is dead.”
    Sadie
  • “You say, 'Good riddance,' buy a new dress, and take another lover. Or several.”
    Sadie
  • “Kissing often leads to confusion.”
  • “When things go wrong in life, you lift your chin, put on a ravishing smile, mix yourself a little cocktail - and out you go.”
    Sadie
  • “Why didn't they have mobile phones in the 1920s? Think how many misunderstandings in the world could have been avoided. Archduke Ferdinand could have texted his people - I think a weirdo's following me - and he wouldn't have got assassinated. World War I wouldn't have happened.”
    Lara
  • “Because you can want and want and want. But if he doesn't want you back...you might as well wish the sky were red.”
    Sadie
  • “Because inside, she was a twenty-three-year-old all her life. A girl who lived her life with sizzle. A girl who loved the Charleston, cocktails, shaking her booty in nightclubs and fountains, driving too fast, lipstick, smoking gaspers...and barney-mugging.”
    Lara
  • “And I don't care if people don't usually have cocktails at memorial services.”
    Lara
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The thing about lying to your parents is, you have to do it to protect them.

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  1. Sophie Kinsella (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Bantam Press
Country: UNited Kingdom
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 0385342039
Page Count: 432

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Reading Level: Young Adults

This would be best enjoyed by young adults.

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