Perfect Fools [Hardcover]

Charlotte Vale Allen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1998

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Island Nation Press LLC; 2nd edition (November 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892738120
• ISBN-13: 978-1892738127
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,974,502 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Charlotte Vale-Allen was born in Toronto and lived in England from 1961 to 1964 where she worked as a television actress and singer. She returned to Toronto briefly, performing as a singer until she emigrated to the US in 1966. She sold her first novel Love Life in 1974. Prior to this book's publication she contracted to do a series of paperback originals, with the result that in 1976 three of her books appeared in print. Her autobiography, the acclaimed Daddy's Girl, was actually the first book she wrote but it wasn't until 1980, after she'd gained success as a novelist, that the groundbreaking book was finally published. One of Canada's most successful novelists, with over seven million copies sold of her 39 books, Ms. Allen's work has been published in all English-speaking countries, in Braille, and have been translated into more than 20 languages. The mother of an adult daughter and grandmother of twins, since 1970 she has made her home in Connecticut.

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4.0 out of 5 stars It seemed that someone was telling me their life story., February 22, 1999

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This review is from: Perfect Fools (Paperback)

This is the story of a woman, born with a hair-lip in London, who lost both parents in World War II. She was shut in a room from birth until she was 7 because of her lip, then went to live with an uncle. The book tells of her life from age 35 until the present, how she learned to love and live a normal life. I especially liked the way the book made me feel that I was reading the words of some one telling me their life story. Nothing seemed contrived, all of the characters actions and decisions seemed real. I enjoyed reading this book and was anxious to keep reading to see how her life turned out.

4.0 out of 5 stars A quiet and unusual romance., March 26, 2009

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This review is from: Perfect Fools (Kindle Edition)

Sarah Breswick, born with a harelip & mistreated as a child, has carved out a backwater life for herself and is content if not totally happy. Then she meets free-wheeling Simon Fitzgerald, an openly bisexual man, and they find themselves drawn together. Their relationship proves beneficial to both of them: she gains the confidence to get her final reconstruction surgery and venture out of her cocoon, and he finds a new security and steadiness that allows his acting career to finally take off. This is a "quiet" character driven romance of the old school and lacks the torrid sex scenes that have become so formulaic in today's romances. The author has a deft hand with details and relationships that keeps the reader coming back for more.