C.W. Gortner Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/authors/c-w-gortner/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Sun, 24 May 2020 18:57:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg C.W. Gortner Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/authors/c-w-gortner/ 32 32 38398750 The First Actress: A novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/05/the-first-actress-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/05/the-first-actress-a-novel/#comments Wed, 27 May 2020 04:05:12 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=14380 Born the illegitimate daughter of a French courtesan, Sarah Bernhardt didn’t even live with her mother until she was eight years old. When she did move in with her, Sarah caught the eye of one of her mother’s patrons and was shipped off to convent boarding school. Not for her safety, but because her mother […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/05/the-first-actress-a-novel/feed/ 2 14380 July Reading Wrap-Up https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/08/july-reading-wrap-up/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/08/july-reading-wrap-up/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2018 07:58:45 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11019 Oh boy, summer hit Seattle with a vengeance in July. I know for many other parts of the country temperatures in the high 80s are no big deal, but for those of us living in a region where air conditioning is not a thing in a most houses it got pretty wretched. In fact, I’ll […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/08/july-reading-wrap-up/feed/ 10 11019 Mademoiselle Chanel: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/03/mademoiselle-chanel-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/03/mademoiselle-chanel-a-novel/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2015 07:51:40 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=3885   When you think of Chanel it is likely as a luxury brand of clothes, accessories, and perfume. I know for me it is because owning a vintage Chanel suit is on my bucket list. Forget seeing the pyramids, I want that boucle jacket with the gold chain sewn into the lining to make sure […]

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