The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets (Paperback)

from yankeesfan1

This was a fun, post World War II chick lit kind of novel. Penelope and Charlotte, the two main characters, are incredibly charming as they enjoy the new freedoms of the post war era. They both seem to be right on the edge of childlike naivety and more adult maturity. The social scenes throughout...

from ParadisePorch

From Publishers' Weekly: An impulsive taxi ride with a stranger in 1950s London indelibly changes Penelope Wallace's life in Rice's sparkling debut. At 18, Penelope lives with her younger brother, Inigo, and her terribly glamorous, young widowed mother in a drafty, rundown, English estate house i...

from mullgirl

This is the kind of book where you're surprised to realize you have been sucked into it within a few short pages. There are enough oddities and colorful characters immediately at your fingertips to keep you interested. And yet, I put it down later that day and couldn't bring myself to pick it bac...

from bookmagic

The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice is a book I discovered in the bargain section at B&N. The story is set in London, post-WWII. Eighteen year old Penelope, her brother,Indigo, and her mother live in a large estate house, which they can not afford to maintain. Penelope's father died durin...

from Brianna_H

The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets is one of those books that you only come across once in a great while. It is a book where you feel a measure of loss once over. You can feel the absence of the characters in you life. I found myself wishing that Charlotte and Penelope were my friends and I think an...