Knopf Canada Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/publishers/knopf-canada/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Thu, 08 Mar 2018 18:21:13 +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 Knopf Canada Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/publishers/knopf-canada/ 32 32 38398750 Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/10/bridget-jones-mad-boy/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/10/bridget-jones-mad-boy/#respond Tue, 15 Oct 2013 01:00:38 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=2217   After an absence of 14 years Bridget Jones is back in Helen Fielding’s newest novel, Mad About the Boy. The novel is set in present day meaning that while the whole gang is back, they’ve all got steady jobs now and are discussing Botox and fillers to fight off aging. Yes, the flighty and […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/10/bridget-jones-mad-boy/feed/ 0 2217 The Virgin Cure https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/12/the-virgin-cure/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/12/the-virgin-cure/#respond Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:02:24 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=1122 The late 1800s have long provided fodder for historical fiction authors given that the time was rife with conflicting social mores, a wide economic divide, and the yet undefined role of women beyond marriage. In the style of Slammerkin and The Crimson Petal and the White, Ami McKay explores the dismal world and limited life choices of […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/12/the-virgin-cure/feed/ 0 1122 Silent House https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/10/silent-house/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/10/silent-house/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 07:19:07 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=846 It is the summer of 1980 and in a tall, dilapidated house in the seaside town of Cennethisar in Turkey, ninety-year-old Fatma awaits the arrival of her three grandchildren, Faruk, Nilgün, and Metin. She lives alone in this house with the exception of a manservant named Recep, whom readers will learn soon enough, is also […]

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