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Review posted on my blog, Audrey's Bookcase :A huge thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for providing me with an advanced copy for reviewing.I'll admit, it took me forever to get past the first quarter of this book. It's hefty, as historical fiction tends to be. I guess I just haven't read one in so long that I forgot how vast books of this genre can get. Personal, time-restricting reasons aside, I wanted to make sure I had time to actually sit down and immerse myself into it, becau...
This was a unique story and even better because it's based on a true story of a woman who was the Duchess of Marlborough. It's not at all what I was expecting and there was a twist in the story at the end that I never saw coming. It's well written, a bit crazy at times and fascinating for sure. I will say the beginning started great, the middle got a little draggy but then the ending picked way up and left me feeling happy I'd read it. I'm now going to read this author's other book, The Paris Ap...
www.melissa413readsalot.blogspot.comI have to say first off that the cover to this book is beautiful! The cover is what grabbed me from the beginning and then I read the blurb and thought I would like this and I certainly did. Buy the end of the book I was rushing to see what was going on, I thought I had it figured out.. but nope.. I was wrong. Now I have to figure out what to say without spoilers :) Laurel Haley and her daughter Annie are going to England to take care of some business. Well, t...
Although this book will not be coming out until February, it's definitely one you should pre-order or ask your library to do so. I was entralled with the characters, plot and the scenery descriptions. I simply could not put it down!First, you have a mother and daughter who, like most moms and daughters, argue some, then make up some. Annie, the daughter, is surprised and interested in a book she finds of her mom's who, of course, dismisses it as not worth reading. But Annie can't resist a good m...
My favorite line in the book was one apparently quoted by H. G. Wells during a dinner party thrown by the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough. He said, "We all have our time machines, don't we? Those that take us back are memories ... And those that carry us forward are dreams." I received this book free of charge for an honest review. Had I known the story between the covers, I would gladly have purchased it on my own. While the cover states that it is a story of the real life Gladys Spencer-Church...
Chick Lit I need likeable characters!!!Argh! The main character is supposed to be a 22 year old English Lit graduate, yet she has the attitude and linguistic skill of an eighth grader. This would be better categorized as YA. Plus, every character in the book, with the exception of Gladys, is timid to the point of trembling through life - not one can make a reasoned adult decision. Gladys is the only character with a spine, but she's not overly likeable herself. How did I wind up with two books i...
Dear Reader,I came across Gladys Deacon when researching my first novel, A PARIS APARTMENT, which was based on the real-life discovery of an abandoned apartment in Paris. Inside this home was a previously unknown Giovanni Boldini portrait, which eventually sold for over €2 million at auction.While digging into Boldini’s life, I studied the luminaries he brought to canvas and one woman outshone them all, her background more colorful than the painting itself. This woman was Gladys Deacon, the Duch...
This review was originally posted on (un)Conventional Bookviews I'll See You in Paris intrigued me and made me curious, but it fell a little flat in the end.When I read the summary for I'll See You in Paris, I thought I would get a pretty solid mystery, spanning over three decades, and jumping between the present and the past. There was a mystery, but it wasn't all that mysterious, and while I enjoyed the beginning, the story dragged on, and I felt like both Annie and Laurel were doing their
I'll See You In ParisBy Michelle GableWhat it's all about...This book is about a real person...Gladys Spencer-Churchill. So the first thing I asked myself was this...who is Gladys Spencer-Churchill? A little bit of googling says she was beautiful until she had paraffin injected into her nose which slipped and gave her a bulky jaw. She married Sonny Spencer-Churchill...raised Spaniels, carried a gun and often walked around topless...though this bit of information was in the book so it could be tr...
Copy received through NetGalleyI am in love with the voice Mrs. Gable gives her characters. I can’t wait for her next release.Find the review here
An intelligent, well-composed novel. Gable has a masterful way with words and has turned out another enjoyable Paris-themed read. I liked the mysterious thread throughout regarding the mom, the duchess, and the pub pal, Gus. And the resolution took me by surprise.It was a tad slow to progress at first and towards the middle, a slow-burner if you will, but it definitely picked up. I will always make a point to read Gable.I won a copy of this book in a Goodreads giveaway and was happy to have the
Thanks St. Martin's Press and netgalley for this arc.Michelle Gable is my new favorite author! I love A Paris Apartment and Ill See You in Paris was over way too fast! These are the kinds of books I read for- love, a interesting and mysterious old book, and discovering who you are inside. The banter is funny, cool, and fresh. Awesome book.
What was the intrigue and what was the secret about the book Annie always wanted to read but never did? Why was her mother so evasive about that book, The Missing Duchess, and who was the Duchess of Marlborough?Why did she and her mother really go to London?Would the book and their trip to London reveal secrets in Annie's life?We follow Annie in present day and Pru, Win, and The Duchess (Mrs. Spencer) in the not so distant past.Annie meets a British citizen who knew The Duchess, Pru, and Win...
Michelle Gable returns following her smashing debut, A Paris Apartment, where we met two unforgettable women, with I’LL SEE YOU IN PARIS, she again blends, beautifully fact and fiction with two time periods, for an unforgettable journey! Based on a true story, weaving together the life of Gladys Deacon, the Duchess of Marlborough with tales of two women: A young woman (Pru) who’s just lost her fiancé in the Vietnam War in the 1970s, and a recent college graduate (Annie) living in Virginia sho...
Michelle Gable wowed me with A Paris Apartment so I knew I couldn’t miss her follow-up, which I assumed from the title would again be set in Paris. The novel does eventually move on to Paris, but not until it spends most of its delightful time in a crumbling English country estate with a sharp-tongued, flamboyant old woman tottering around with a gun, a menagerie of dogs and cats, and a maybe imaginary Polish handyman who lives in her barn. Mrs. Spencer may or may not be the legendary beauty of
4.5 StarsThis was an absolute page turner. I did not want to put it down. I sped through the second half of the book in one day. I always love a good multigenerational story. This one is split between Annie our 21st century perspective whose curiosity about her past leads her to head first into the fantastical tale of the Duchess of Marlborough and ultimately learns more about her own life than she ever expected. The second perspective is the story of the Duchess of Marlborough in the 1970s told...
Like many others, the cover on this book is what first grabbed my attention. The parallel story is what made me want to read it.At first, it took me awhile to get into. I felt that Annie and her Mother were pretty meh...Annie was pretty childish also. Once, we get to England though, the story starts to grab and you get to meet some more interesting characters.I personally liked the story when the author was writing about the events of "30 or so years ago". The characters were a little better and...
A light hearted book with an interesting premise. The story telling is difficult to follow and the characters seem shallow.
I’ll See You in Paris is a fluffy novel depicting a recent college graduate, Annabelle “Annie” Haley, in search of herself — both metaphorically and genealogically. Her mother, sharp attorney Laurel Haley, has given her a loving, affluent upbringing in Virginia’s horse country but no information at all about her father, except that she left him before Annie was even born and that he’s dead.You’ll begin to suspect who Annie’s father is nearly right off the bat. And you’ll guess who Pru Valentine
Visit Unshelfish for more reviews & giveawaysI found Gladys Deacon utterly fascinating. In fact I remember reading an article on her in 2011. Needless to say I was interested in reading this book, curious to read Gable’s version with fiction and non-fiction aspects of Gladys Deacon.Deacon’s story was fascinating. I was impressed with Gable’s weaving of Vietnam, 9/11 and Gladys Deacon, I was skeptical at first, however, ultimately pleasantly surprised.The narrative was fascinating but dragged a b...