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"A lushly romantic adventure story set in the North African desert in 1914, told by the impeccable Lady Treal as she reminisces in her London town house about her decidedly peccable past...Well-written, expertly plotted, perfectly paced." NEWSDAY With her anthropologist husband murdered and... read more
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First Sentence edit
IT WAS MUM WHO KEPT TRYING TO MAKE A LADY OF ME through all my growing-up years but it was Grams who taught me her magic tricks and how to be a pickpocket, and of the two of them I have to say that Grams' lessons certainly proved the more valuable to me in my life.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Dorothy Gilman (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0385423616
Page Count: 263
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0385423616
Page Count: 263
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- Dewey: 813
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young AdultsThis novel is a lot of fun but has some violence and scenes that may be frightening to more sensitive readers. There are a couple of sex scenes. The first is glossed over quickly, the second is slightly more involved. However, the writing is not explicit and for a sophisticated teen reader shouldn't be a big problem.
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