Synopses & Reviews
Set in 1950s London,
The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets centers around Penelope, the wide- eyed daughter of a legendary beauty, Talitha, who lost her husband to the war. Penelope, with her mother and brother, struggles to maintain their vast and crumbling ancestral homewhile postwar London spins toward the next decades cultural revolution.
Penelope wants nothing more than to fall in love, and when her new best friend, Charlotte, a free spirit in the young society set, drags Penelope into London with all of its grand parties, she sets in motion great change for them all. Charlottes mysterious and attractive brother Harry uses Penelope to make his American ex-girlfriend jealous, with unforeseen consequences, and a dashing, wealthy American movie producer arrives with what might be the key to Penelopes and her familysfuture happiness.
Vibrant, witty, and filled with vivid historical detail, The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets is an utterly unique debut novel about a time and place just slipping into history.
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Wow! P. G. Wodehouse has been reborn as a woman! Eva Rice has the masters gift for language and satire, and a pathos thats all her own. The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets is one of those books you read guiltily, because it is so much fun, but then realize there is zero need for guiltits that good. (Sean Wilsey, author of Oh the Glory of It All)
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Rices remarkable gift for creating singular characters in this memorable story underscores her presence as a fresh new voice in fiction. (Publishers Weekly)
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As stylish, rich, and skillfully tailored as a gorgeous 1950s vintage coat . . . . With its quirky characters and lush English settings, it made me long to have lived in the London Eva Rice has evoked. (Kate Harrison, author of The Starter Marriage)
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Wow! P. G. Wodehouse has been reborn as a woman! Eva Rice has the masters gift for language and satire, and a pathos thats all her own.
The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets is one of those books you read guiltily, because it is so much fun, but then realize there is zero need for guiltits that good. (Sean Wilsey, author of
Oh the Glory of It All)
As stylish, rich, and skillfully tailored as a gorgeous 1950s vintage coat . . . . With its quirky characters and lush English settings, it made me long to have lived in the London Eva Rice has evoked. (Kate Harrison, author of The Starter Marriage)
Rices remarkable gift for creating singular characters in this memorable story underscores her presence as a fresh new voice in fiction. (Publishers Weekly)
Synopsis
"Rice s remarkable gift for creating singular characters in this memorable story underscores her presence as a fresh new voice in fiction."
Publishers Weekly Set in 1950s London,
The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets centers around Penelope, the wide-eyed daughter of a legendary beauty, Talitha, who lost her husband to the war. Penelope, with her mother and brother, struggles to maintain their vast and crumbling ancestral home while postwar London spins toward the next decade s cultural revolution.
Penelope wants nothing more than to fall in love, and when her new best friend, Charlotte, a free spirit in the young society set, drags Penelope into London with all of its grand parties, she sets in motion great change for them all. Charlotte s mysterious and attractive brother Harry uses Penelope to make his American ex-girlfriend jealous, with unforeseen consequences, and a dashing, wealthy American movie producer arrives with what might be the key to Penelope s and her family s future happiness.
Vibrant, witty, and filled with vivid historical detail, this is an utterly unique debut novel about a time and place just slipping into history.
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Synopsis
With mannered prose dripping in the charm of 1950s London, TheLost Art of Keeping Secrets centers around Penelope, the wide-eyed daughter of a legendary beauty, Talitha, who is unable to move beyond the loss of her charmed husband to the war. Penelope, with her mother and brother, struggles to maintain their vast and crumbling ancestral homeand the lifestyle to which they have grown accustomedwhile postwar London spins toward the next decades cultural revolution. Penelope wants nothing more than to fall in love. When her new best friend, Charlotte, a free spirit in the young society set, drags Penelope
About the Author
Eva Rice is the daughter of lyricist Tim Rice. She is a London Times bestselling novelist, a young musician, and mother living in London.