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Airs and Graces

By: Erica James
Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
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Summary

Having married once for love and been abandoned by her husband, Ellen is determined that her second marriage will be for money. And conveniently Duncan, her divorce lawyer, is not unattractive - and he’s enticingly single. But when she meets painter Matthew, Ellen has to remind herself very strongly indeed that Duncan is the man for her....

©1997 Erica James (P)2013 W F Howes Ltd
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Critic reviews

"Delightful…a blend of emotion and wry social observation." ( Daily Mail)
"A captivating read: beautifully written and heartrendingly sad." ( Daily Telegraph)

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A lovely.....

story with some great characters and antics within the book. The narrator was very good at using different voices for the characters.

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Disappointing narration

Narrator was not right for this book making story drag a bit.. Very similar storyline to another of author's books

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Relaxing

A relaxing, easy listening recording - enjoyed whilst cooking and out driving and walking. A typical Erica James's story.

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Good story

I was a bit sceptical in the beginning as the story was not being read by Gerri Halligan, but a narrator that I had not heard of. In the end I really enjoyed the story and the narrator.

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V entertaining and couldn’t air to listen to it.

I did so enjoy this book, v amusing, heartwarming. Thoroughly enjoyed it.Beautifully read too.Definitely recommend it

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Light and easy read

This book was recommended by a good friend. I loved the depth and ease of the friendship portrayed between the 2 main characters.

The narrator’s characterization was very good. Would recommend this to my daughter.

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Initially I thought

This book is too smaltzy for me but I persevered and in the end I enjoyed it. It is long and sometimes I thought oh get on with it……to the inevitable end. Kept me busy though,
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Lovely story

I enjoy Erica's stories and writing style. Her characters are great. I love the focus upon friendship, as well as romantic and family relationships. Excellent.

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Predictable

Maybe I’ve grown out of Erica James? I found it predictable, not particularly well developed and more of a plod than a ‘page turner’. Narration was poor. Lack of commas etc in the voice and incorrect stressing in sentences made you have to think twice about what would actually be on the page- and as for those terrible accents!!

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erica james my favourite

I thoroughly enjoyed this book such a clever authoures she writes with a clever twist at the end.

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