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An Absolute Scandal by Penny Vincenzi - Advance Reading Copy - Soft Cover
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A book that has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket (if applicable) is included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. May have no identifying marks on the inside cover. No wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
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Item specifics
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- Like New
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- ISBN
- 9780385519892
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385519893
ISBN-13
9780385519892
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63199567
Product Key Features
Book Title
Absolute Scandal
Number of Pages
592 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Literary
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
32.1 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-034495
TitleLeading
An
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
PRAISE FORSHEER ABANDON "Everything is outsized in Vincenzi's fiction: sex, money, personality, emotions, plot. And yet she gets all the details-about human behavior and women's conflicted lives-just right." -USA TODAY, PRAISE FOR "SHEER ABANDON" "Everything is outsized in Vincenzi's fiction: sex, money, personality, emotions, plot. And yet she gets all the details--about human behavior and women's conflicted lives--just right." --"USA TODAY", ABSOLUTE RAVES FOR "SHEER ABANDON" "Everything is outsized in Vincenzi's fiction: sex, money, personality, emotions, plot. And yet she gets all the details--about human behavior and women's conflicted lives--just right." --"USA Today "Penny Vincenzi is poised to fill a gap in the American realm of Cinderella fiction. With so few current writers able to summon the quaint allure of such women's fiction without stooping to sensationalism, Ms. Vincenzi really is an anomaly." --Janet Maslin, "New York Times ""Soap opera? You bet - but with her well drawn characters and engaging style, Vincenzi keeps things humming." - Joanne Kaufman, "People " " ""Transcends the testosterone-drenched nature of a typical thriller, delivering vivid female characters through crisp, clean prose and in-depth coverage of their relationships, families and personal anxieties . . . fascinating. "Sheer Abandon" is what the British call hammock reading: a brick of a book to while away a country afternoon or two." --"More ""Penny Vincenzi's "Sheer Abandon" is the work of a master, offering a large cast of amazingly three-dimensional characters involved in an expertly manipulated plot . . . Full of snappy dialogue and provocative moral implications, Vincenzi's novel makes it very hard not to care." --Marion Winik, "Newsday", ABSOLUTE RAVES FORSHEER ABANDON "Everything is outsized in Vincenzi's fiction: sex, money, personality, emotions, plot. And yet she gets all the details-about human behavior and women's conflicted lives-just right." -USA Today Penny Vincenzi is poised to fill a gap in the American realm of Cinderella fiction. With so few current writers able to summon the quaint allure of such women's fiction without stooping to sensationalism, Ms. Vincenzi really is an anomaly." -Janet Maslin,New York Times "Soap opera? You bet but with her well drawn characters and engaging style, Vincenzi keeps things humming." - Joanne Kaufman,People "Transcends the testosterone-drenched nature of a typical thriller, delivering vivid female characters through crisp, clean prose and in-depth coverage of their relationships, families and personal anxieties . . . fascinating.Sheer Abandonis what the British call hammock reading: a brick of a book to while away a country afternoon or two." -More "Penny Vincenzi'sSheer Abandonis the work of a master, offering a large cast of amazingly three-dimensional characters involved in an expertly manipulated plot . . . Full of snappy dialogue and provocative moral implications, Vincenzi's novel makes it very hard not to care." -Marion Winik,Newsday
Dewey Decimal
823/.914
Synopsis
Penny Vincenzi, master of the contemporary blockbuster, returns with a moving, engaging portrait of people coping with a notorious financial disaster and its unpredictable emotional repercussions. Set during the boom-and-bust years of the 1980s, "An Absolute Scandal" follows the lives of a group of people drawn together by their mutual monetary woes when the great financial institution Lloyd's undergoes a devastating downturn. For Nigel Cowper, this means the destruction of his family business; his wife, Lucinda, is willing to do everything she can to help him--except give up her irresistible lover. The powerful, charismatic banker Simon Beaumont and his wife, a highly successful advertising executive, lose everything they worked so hard to acquire; but the ultimate tragedy is something that neither one could have anticipated. The well-to-do are not the only ones suffering: a self-sufficient widow is suddenly deep in debt; a single mother struggles to maintain a comfortable home for her children; and a schoolmaster and his frustrated wife find that financial problems deepen the cracks in their troubled marriage. As their lives begin a downward spiral, these characters intersect in ways they never saw coming. Written in what has become her signature style of both wit and candor, Penny Vincenzi draws back the curtain and offers an inside view of the greed and social power plays that occur behind the closed doors of upper-crust society . . . where money isn't everything. Sometimes, it's the only thing., Set during the boom-and-bust years of the 1980s, "An Absolute Scandal" follows the lives of a group of people drawn together by their mutual monetary woes when the great financial institution Lloyd's undergoes a devastating downturn., Set during the boom-and-bust years of the 1980s, An Absolute Scandal follows the lives of a group of people drawn together by their mutual monetary woes when the great financial institution Lloyd's undergoes a devastating downturn.
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