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- Publisher: Unknown (1997)
- ASIN: B0028QEKM8
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Charming Cozies,
By Mie (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Collected Stories of Amanda Cross (Paperback)
These cozy mystery stories are a must read for lovers of literature, those familiar with academia, and those disillusioned with most media portrayals of women. Amanda Cross (aka the accomplished Carolyn Heilbrun) peppers her stories with humor and literary allusions, good-naturedly exposes tensions between successful women and men (as well as successful old women and young women), and subtly undercuts misogynistic, ageist stereotypes throughout her pleasant stories. Her stories are a fresh change from violent or aggressive murder mysteries. Instead they focus on the enigmatic quirks of life that an amateur detective might actually be called upon to (informally and without payment) investigate.
Many of the stories seek to resolve familial disruptions via fair-minded and calming methods, and for that reason seem the ultimate cozies. Nevertheless, at times the ideas are cold or provocative. For example, my favorite line is this one, describing why a clearly unlikeable misogynist might shoot the wrong old woman: "If women are all the same in the dark, older women are all the same in the light."
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I loved this book.Actually, I keep reading it again & again.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Collected Stories of Amanda Cross (Hardcover)
I really enjoyed this book. I recomend it to readers of all ages
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I did not even finish this book,
By J. C. (Minnesota, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Collected Stories of Amanda Cross (Paperback)
I was told that Amanda Cross was a good mystery writer and looked forward to reading some of her works. After reading 4 of these short stories, I put the book down and will not look for any more of her works.
I tried to over look the excessive use of fractured compound sentences, but the bizarre resolution of the stories was more than I could bear.
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In 1987, I had faithfully promised the publisher of a Carolyn Heilbrun book that I would not work on another Kate Fansler novel until I had finished the nonfiction work then edging toward completion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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George Eliot, Sister Monica, New York, Great Aunt Flavia, Kate Fansler, Byron Boyd, Fred Monson, House of Lords, Luellen Sampson, Mariana Phillips, Tom Rayley, Angela Epstein, Mark Stampede, Central Booking, Judith Leyster, Larry Donahue, Helen Faucit, Professor Witherspoon, Riker's Island, United States, American Express, Jack Russell, Jessica Fletcher New!
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In 1987, I had faithfully promised the publisher of a Carolyn Heilbrun book that I would not work on another Kate Fansler novel until I had finished the nonfiction work then edging toward completion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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George Eliot, Sister Monica, New York, Great Aunt Flavia, Kate Fansler, Byron Boyd, Fred Monson, House of Lords, Luellen Sampson, Mariana Phillips, Tom Rayley, Angela Epstein, Mark Stampede, Central Booking, Judith Leyster, Larry Donahue, Helen Faucit, Professor Witherspoon, Riker's Island, United States, American Express, Jack Russell, Jessica Fletcher New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Spanish Gypsy: The Legend of Jubal and Other Poems, Old and New by George Eliot on page 151, and page 154
- George Eliot by J. Lewis May on page 145, and page 147
- Ronald Knox A Biography on page 125
- No Word from Winifred (Kate Fansler Novels) by Amanda Cross in Front Matter
- In the Last Analysis (Kate Fansler Novels) by Amanda Cross in Front Matter
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