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1) Magnificence
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English
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This stunning novel introduces Susan Lindley, a woman adrift after her husband's death. Suddenly gifted her great uncle's Pasadena mansion, Susan decides to restore his extensive collection of preserved animals, tending to 'the fur and feathers, the beaks, the bones and shimmering tails.' Meanwhile, a menagerie of uniquely damaged humans - including a cheating husband and a chorus of eccentric elderly women - joins her in residence. Funny and heartbreaking,...
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Tiffy and Leon share an apartment in London. Tiffy and Leon have never met. After a bad breakup, Tiffy Moore needs a place to live. Fast. And cheap. But the apartments in her budget have her wondering if astonishingly colored mold on the walls counts as art. Desperation makes her open minded, so she answers an ad for a flatshare. Leon, a night shift worker, will take the apartment during the day, and Tiffy can have it nights and weekends. He'll only...
Author
Publisher
Suma de Letras
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Tiffy Moore necesita un piso barato, y con urgencia. Leon Twomey trabaja de noche y anda escaso de dinero. Sus amigos piensan que están locos pero es la solución ideal: Leon usa la cama mientras Tiffy está en la oficina durante el día y ella dispone del apartamento el resto del tiempo. Y su modo de comunicarse mediante notas es divertido y parece funcionar de maravilla para resolver las vitales cuestiones de quién se ha acabado la mantequilla...