Charlotte Vale Allen, Author . Mira $19.95 (384p) ISBN 978-1-55166-853-6
A poignant story of parental love propels bestselling author Allen's 35th novel. A newly widowed British costume designer, Kyra Latimer, 38, is confronted, on the day of her husband's funeral, by a strident young woman who insists she is the
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Charlotte Vale Allen, Author . Mira $22.95 (240p) ISBN 978-1-55166-906-9
Answering e-mail leads to danger for bestselling author Grace Loring in bestselling author Allen's 36th novel. Grace's autobiography, Hit or Miss, recounts her experience as a battered wife; she takes her infant daughter and seeks refuge...
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Charlotte Vale Allen, Author Mira Books $5.99 (0p) ISBN 978-1-55166-030-1
The story of three women-an abused wife, a retired girls-school director and a successful author-who struggle with their pasts while forming a bond among themselves is portrayed in Allen's latest novel. (Apr.)
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Charlotte Vale Allen, Author Mira Books $24 (0p) ISBN 978-1-55166-245-9
Ding dong, Claudia's dead, and there is no shortage of people lining up to remind her surviving older sister just what a witch she was. In Allen's latest novel (after Somebody's Baby), Rowena Graham, an insecure and cautious librarian, can't accept...
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Charlotte Vale Allen, Author Atheneum Books $16.95 (289p) ISBN 978-0-689-11891-3
In an intense, suspenseful tale reminiscent of John Fowles's The Collector, Allen (Time/Steps portrays a coincidental encounter that culminates in a woman's abduction, rape and terrorization. After her young stepson dies, renowned children's book...
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Charlotte Vale Allen, Author Atheneum Books $18.95 (307p) ISBN 978-0-689-12084-8
While the psyche's dark recesses remain Allen's metier, the smooth, romantic narrative that drove Dream Train is rarely evident in this choppy, disappointing novel of love and betrayal. When frumpy Sarah Kidd is hired as live-in secretary to Mattie...
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Charlotte Vale Allen, Author Atheneum Books $0 (326p) ISBN 978-0-689-11987-3
Joanna James, a photojournalist in her mid-30s, isn't as thrilled as one might expect when she receives a coveted assignment to ride the Orient Express to Venice for a five-day stay in the sumptuous Hotel Cipriani. Putting off a much needed rest,...
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Charlotte Vale Allen, Author Atheneum Books $18.95 (275p) ISBN 978-0-689-11884-5
Following the author's engaging Dream Train , this tedious romance, based on the tale ``Beauty and the Beast,'' is particularly disappointing. At 16, Risa Crane falls in love with the mysterious Erik D'Anton, a gifted architect who, hideously...
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Charlotte Vale Allen, Author Doubleday Books $22 (674p) ISBN 978-0-385-41944-4
On a grand scale but to uneven effect, Allen ( Painted Lives ) tells of two sisters and their travails, tragedies and triumphs. Quiet and frail Faye and charmingly spirited Louise grow up in Toronto in the 1940s and '50s, blamed by their bitter...
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Charlotte Vale Allen, Author Doubleday Books $22 (401p) ISBN 978-0-385-41945-1
Writing with conviction and clarity, prolific novelist Allen ( Leftover Dreams ) offers a highly competent treatment of a topical theme. When her sadistic husband Joe begins menacing their six-year-old daughter Penny, abused and battered Bobby...
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Charlotte Vale Allen, Author, Charlotte Vale Allen, Author . Mira $23.95 (288p) ISBN 978-1-55166-682-2
Spunky nine-year-old Katanya Taylor, from Harlem, moves in with agoraphobic Lucinda Hunter, in Connecticut, when Katanya's original Fresh Air Fund matchup for a two-week vacation goes awry. At the start of this tale of reawakening and...
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Charlotte Vale Allen, Author, Charlotte Vale Allen, Author Mira Books $12.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-7783-2036-4
This follow-up to Allen's Fresh Air reintroduces Lucinda Hunter, a recovering agoraphobe, successful screenwriter and popular movie reviewer who grew up in her film star mother's shadow. After discovering the truth about her absentee father's...
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