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“as Mother always said, Granny didn’t spend half her life chaining herself to railings for today’s woman to moon around waiting for some chap to look after her.”
― Dear Mrs. Bird
― Dear Mrs. Bird
“Her mother would tell her she was beautiful and that everything was all right.”
― Garden Spells
― Garden Spells
“Find out what you're good at...and then get even better. That's the key.”
― Dear Mrs. Bird
― Dear Mrs. Bird
“Things happened the way they were supposed to, and it was no use trying to predict what was going to come next. People liked to think otherwise, but what you thought had no practical influence on what eventually happened. You can't think yourself well. You can't make yourself fall out of love.”
― Garden Spells
― Garden Spells
“When you look at a piece of delicately spun glass you think of two things: how beautiful it is and how easily it can be broken.”
― The Glass Menagerie
― The Glass Menagerie
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For all fans and writers of chick lit, especially those interested in seeing where this genre is going.
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OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
Goodreads Ireland
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Welcome to Goodreads Ireland, a bookgroup for people from, or just interested in Ireland and Irish literature. Please introduce yourself in the Introd ...more
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