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George Beneath A Paper Moon
George Beneath A Paper Moon | Nina Bawden
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George is an unusually successful travel agent, providing other people with the adventures he dare not risk. Though content to wrap himself in fantasies, he is haunted by the fact that 'the important things happened whilst his back was turned' and by the belief that he fathered the daughter- now a desirable young woman- of his best friends, Sam and Claire. To avoid temptation, George stumbles into a disastrous marriage and determines to mould himself into a supportive husband. But a holiday in Turkey snaps his private world when George finds himself in the midst of intrigue and murder and is forced to acknowledge that life is not the fairy-tale he'd imagined. In this superbly constructed and mercilessly observed novel, part comedy, part thriller, Nina Bawden exposes the fictions we impose on our lives.
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Teresereading
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#BigMoon three moon titles
I saw PaperMoon at the drive in as a child and loved Tatum. Apparently its based on an obscure novel?
#falling
@eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

TheKidUpstairs I just read Moon Tiger this year. Soooo good. 2mo
willaful I actually own that novel and love it! They left the second half out of the movie. 2mo
Bookwomble Because of the cover sticker, I initially thought the Aaronovitch book was about London being attacked by dirigible cows! 🎈🐄💣😂 2mo
Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 2mo
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shawnmooney
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Bailedbailed

I read about a quarter of this and never could shake the feeling I was reading a summary of a novel, rather than a work of fiction itself. These notes pointed towards a novel that could‘ve been rather interesting, but it seems the author never got around to actually writing it.

Cinfhen Happy Holidays, my dear friend ❤️❤️😘😘 8y
quirkyreader Shawn, Nina was more of a children's writer. So maybe she used that formula to write her adult novels. I rather adored her children's stories. 8y
shawnmooney @Cinfhen Right back at ya! 😍😻😍😻 8y
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shawnmooney
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TOKYO USED BOOKSTORE HAUL - BOOK 13 OF 15

Just because.

batsy Pretty green Virago! I found the Virago edition of this recently at a used bookshop 8y
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