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Lädt ... Dreamland (2020. Auflage)von Nancy Bilyeau (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. I read this book via The Pigeonhole over the last ten days and this is the second book of Nancy’s that I have read with them. It is an historical novel set in 1911 with an added crime element. Peggy is working in a book store in an attempt to become independent from her wealthy family. On the insistence of her sister’s Lydia’s fiancé Henry she leaves the bookstore to go to the Oriental Hotel alongside her extended family for the summer. The hotel is near the amusements at Coney Island including The Dreamland of the title. Without giving too much of the plot away there are three murders and the person who is the chief suspect in these is a man that Peggy meets whilst looking around the various amusements. The book has excellent descriptions and characterisations and we see Peggy become far less naive as the story unfolds. Very highly recommended. Nancy is becoming a favourite author of mine. ( ) Peggy feels the restraints of being from a wealthy Jewish family. She wants to go to school, have a job, make her own decisions. When her family forces her to go to Coney Island with them for the summer, she learns a lot about her extended family, as well as people of lesser means. She also finds herself embroiled in a murder mystery. Interesting look at a different time. I was kept guessing about the murders. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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"The year is 1911 when twenty-year-old heiress Peggy Batternberg is invited to spend the summer in America's Playground. But the invitation to Coney Island is unwelcome. Despite hailing from one of America's richest families, Peggy would much rather spend the summer working at the Moonrise Bookstore than keeping up appearances with New York City socialites and her snobbish, controlling family. But soon it transpires that the hedonism of Coney Island affords Peggy the freedom she has been yearning for, and it's not long before she finds herself in love with a troubled pier-side artist of humble means, whom the Batternberg patriarchs would surely disapprove of. Disapprove they may, but hidden behind their pomposity lurks a web of deceit, betrayal and deadly secrets. And as bodies begin to mount up amidst the sweltering clamour of Coney Island, it seems the powerful Batternbergs can get away with anything...even murder."--Publisher. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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