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S'està carregant… We Could Be Beautiful (2016)de Swan Huntley
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. A weak 4 stars. The ending needs some work. ( ) This was one of those books that drew me in because of my love of "rich people problems" stories. It was an enjoyable read, and it certainly had its fair share of drama and intrigue, but overall I was underwhelmed by the characters and the plot. Catherine was a bit of a bore and the supporting cast failed to fill the void left by a less than stellar protagonist. Though I saw the twist coming a mile away, I did appreciate the way Huntley hinted at and revealed it, and it was a fun vacation read. Imagine Cordelia Chase from Buffy the Vampire Slayer as a forty-something native New Yorker. Imagine she still isn't married to the perfect man of perfect taste who doesn't want her for her money. Imagine she wants this man and his baby so much that she'd be willing to compromise her rigid and privileged morals to get them (and the 10 million dollars that will come with the baby from her trust fund). Imagine that the perfect man of perfect taste wants that 10 million dollars even more than Cordelia does. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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HTML:A spellbinding psychological debut novel, Swan Huntley's We Could Be Beautiful is the story of a wealthy woman who has everythingâ??and yet can trust no one. Catherine West has spent her entire life surrounded by beautiful things. She owns an immaculate Manhattan apartment, she collects fine art, she buys exquisite handbags and clothing, and she constantly redecorates her home. And yet, despite all this, she still feels empty. She sees her personal trainer, she gets weekly massages, and occasionally she visits her mother and sister on the Upper East Side, but after two broken engagements and boyfriends who wanted only her money, she is haunted by the fear that she'll never have a family of her own. One night, at an art opening, Catherine meets William Stockton, a handsome man who shares her impeccable taste and love of beauty. He is educated, elegant, and even has a personal connectionâ??his parents and Catherine's parents were friends years ago. But as he and Catherine grow closer, she begins to encounter strange signs, and her mother, Elizabeth (now suffering from Alzheimer's), seems to have only bad memories of William as a boy. In Elizabeth's old diary she finds an unnerving letter from a former nanny that cryptically reads: "We cannot trust anyone . . . " Is William lying about his past? And if so, is Catherine willing to sacrifice their beautiful life in order to find the truth? Featuring a fascinating heroine who longs for answers but is blinded by her own privilege, We Could Be Beautiful is a glittering, seductive, utterly surprising story of love, money, greed, and f No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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