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A Calamity of Mannerings

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‿It is a curse to be born a girl‿‿ Take a peek into the diary of Panth (never enquire as to her given name), a young woman knocking on the gilded door of adult life and high society. But kicking up one‿s heels at the Café de Paris does not come easily to a girl navigating:1. Poverty (even the genteel kind), thanks to her papa‿s sad demise2. A lack of any experience whatsoever with the opposite sex, of course not counting Freddy Spencer (and he wasn‿t that sort of experience, anyhow) 3. Multiple sisters with ideas, a grandmother with opinions and one recalcitrant sheepPanth knows there is more for her out in the world ‿ it‿s 1924, for goodness‿ sake ‿ and that could include swoonsome American with excellent teeth, Buck Buchanan. The question is ‿ how in the name of Tatler is she to claim it?A hilarious coming-of-age story for fans of I Capture the Castle and Bridgerton. Cover illustration by Emma Block.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781915235091
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 432
  • Udgivet:
  • 4. maj 2023
  • Størrelse:
  • 127x198x31 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 304 g.
  • 4-7 hverdage.
  • 4. december 2024
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‿It is a curse to be born a girl‿‿ Take a peek into the diary of Panth (never enquire as to her given name), a young woman knocking on the gilded door of adult life and high society. But kicking up one‿s heels at the Café de Paris does not come easily to a girl navigating:1. Poverty (even the genteel kind), thanks to her papa‿s sad demise2. A lack of any experience whatsoever with the opposite sex, of course not counting Freddy Spencer (and he wasn‿t that sort of experience, anyhow) 3. Multiple sisters with ideas, a grandmother with opinions and one recalcitrant sheepPanth knows there is more for her out in the world ‿ it‿s 1924, for goodness‿ sake ‿ and that could include swoonsome American with excellent teeth, Buck Buchanan. The question is ‿ how in the name of Tatler is she to claim it?A hilarious coming-of-age story for fans of I Capture the Castle and Bridgerton. Cover illustration by Emma Block.

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