A Desirable Residence [Import] [Paperback]

Madeleine Wickham (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 286 pages
• Publisher: Black Swan (1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0552996416
• ISBN-13: 978-0552996419
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,581,192 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, light read in the style of Maeve Binchy!, September 21, 1999

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This review is from: A Desirable Residence (Paperback)

Reading "Desirable Residence" was like going to a party and hearing the latest gossip about all your friends and neighbors. The plot was juicy and the characters likable. As a huge Maeve Binchy fan, I enjoyed reading another British author with a flair for characters and plots that connect them to each other. It was a fun and frothy book and made me want to read more of Wickham's work.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 2 1/2 Stars -- A Desirable Residence...Not Very "Desirable"!, June 11, 2010

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bobbewig (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Desirable Residence (Hardcover)

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This review is written by my daughter for whom I obtained a copy of A Desirable Residence.

Being a huge Madeleine Wickham/Sophie Kinsella fan I was very excited to hear that a new book of hers was coming out. I jumped into reading A Desirable Residence with much excitement but that excitement faded pretty quickly! Usually when reading Wickham/Kinsella's books I get so deeply into them from page one that I can't seem to put it down. However, with A Desirable Residence I couldn't seem to ever want to pick it up! My only incentive to keep reading was so that I could finish the book and start on a new one. In her defense, Wickham did, as usual, a great job of getting the reader into the minds of the characters and understanding what they are thinking and feeling. Unfortunately, I found the overall story of the book to be quite uneventful and even boring. It wasn't until towards the end of the book that things started to get slightly interesting where I found myself wondering how things would turn out -- but then the ending turned out rather anti-climactic. The only excitement I got out of this book was completing it so I can move onto another that hopefully does a better job in keeping me captivated. Let me just clear up, though, that my status as a major Wickham/Kinsella fan has not changed at all! I would still highly recommend all of her books (minus this one) and will continue to read any new ones that come out in the future!

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of fun, June 1, 2001

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Patricia Kay "author and avid reader" (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Desirable Residence (Rosamunde Pilcher's Bookshelf) (Mass Market Paperback)

This was a great read, well worth the money I spent, which I can't say for every book I buy. I wish this author had more available, because this is the kind of book I like to take on trips. It has interesting characters, a compelling story line that moves along quickly, intelligent writing, and lots of charm.