Frances Paige
Autore di The Lonely Shore
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Opere di Frances Paige
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Wallace, Jane
Allerton, Jay
Paige, Frances - Sesso
- female
- Luogo di nascita
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Lake District, England, UK - Breve biografia
- Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Frances Paige has lived near the Lake District, in the North West England for many years. She paints and writes, and has completed over fourty novels. She is also known under the pseudonyms Jane Wallace and Jay Allerton. In 1975, her novel "Vote for a Silk Gown" won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. She went on to write many more novels as well as a Scottish saga which, it has been said, redefined the sub-genre and made her a model for budding authors everywhere.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 46
- Utenti
- 117
- Popolarità
- #168,597
- Voto
- 3.1
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 125
- Lingue
- 2
It's mostly set in 1989, though it feels rather older than that. Unfortunately, despite most of the story being told from Nora's perspective, we never really get to know her. Conversations are stilted and dull, and her thoughts are convoluted, revealing very little about her as a person. I think the novel was meant to be a kind of coming-of-age story, it didn’t work for me at all. There are no surprises, no believable relationships, and the predictable ending is a long time in coming.
I hate to be so negative about a book; evidently the publisher approved of it, and no doubt it appeals to many. The author is quite prolific and has won some prizes for historical fiction, so she's evidently highly thought of. But this is not a book I enjoyed, nor would I recommend it.… (altro)