Enchanted August: A Novel
by:
Brenda Bowen (author)
Set on a picture-perfect island in Maine, a sparkling summer debut that offers readers a universal fantasy: one glorious month away from it all On a dreary spring day in Brooklyn, Lottie Wilkinson and Rose Arbuthnot spot an ad on their children’s preschool bulletin board: Hopewell CottageLittle...
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Set on a picture-perfect island in Maine, a sparkling summer debut that offers readers a universal fantasy: one glorious month away from it all On a dreary spring day in Brooklyn, Lottie Wilkinson and Rose Arbuthnot spot an ad on their children’s preschool bulletin board: Hopewell CottageLittle Lost Island, Maine.Old, pretty cottage to rent on a small island.Springwater,
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780525429050 (0525429050)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
I don't know if it was my pain medication or what, but I found it hard to concentrate while reading this book. There was too much going on and not enough to hold my interest. I just read and read and kept waiting for the point to be made. Enchanted August was hailed as a modern re-telling of The Enc...
Lovely summer reading. It's an update of Enchanted April, so of course the differences stood out rather clearly. In updating the story, the biggest thing to take care of was the fact that there would be no servants available for a Maine summer cottage, so these strangers would have to figure out h...