I can’t be more specific because I don’t want to give away any of the plot, but suffice to say that male/female interactions and couplings are important refractions and reflections, too.

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There she makes perhaps the first real friends of her life, including Alejandro, a male midwife, escaping his own ghosts in Argentina. I can see how some readers might find this one a little slower that some of her other books, and it did take me a little longer than usual to get into it, but once I got going I really fell deeply into the story. Through them she learns more about the real world than she did in her previous 30-something years of sheltered life as the difficult, moody child of a well-to-do family. There are some key themes that Jojo Moyes works through - the issue of lies and well-meant deception, versus the right to know is an important one.But only by confronting both her family and her innermost self will she finally reckon with the past--and discover that the key to her history, and her happiness, may have been in front of her all along. Like all Moyes’s books, The Peacock Emporium will steal your heart—and is an absolutely unputdownable, unforgettable read.

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Moyes moves back and forth though the timeline to tell Suzanne and Vivi’s stories with profound sympathy. Jojo Moyes became a household name with her New York Times bestselling Me Before You trilogy ( Me Before You, After You, and Still Me), and especially for her trademark memorable characters and complex, true-to-life relationships.

Packed with riveting drama and painful truths, this book powerfully illustrates the devastation of abuse—and the strength of the survivors. El libro tomó algunas vueltas que no esperaba, pero en última instancia es una historia de cómo la familia forma nuestra creencia en sí mismo y las decisiones simples que toman las personas y la complejidad de por qué lo hacen. I found it very slow and it took me ages to feel involved enough in the story to want to read much more than a chapter at a time.

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She won a bursary financed by The Independent newspaper to study journalism at City University and subsequently worked for The Independent for 10 years. Generally, I can relate to characters who are dissatisfied with their lives (or marriages or whatnot), but I really could not feel much for Suzanna's complaints, nor forgive her for the way she lied to and led on her husband, making a promise about something so vital as children only to then cheat on him and dump him a year later, so that he is still childless and she ends up having a baby with the new guy. I'm not an easy reader, I'm not one of those people that can finish a book in a day so its really a miracle that I slugged through this and finished it.Independent Maggie never complains about Ridge’s friendship with Sydney, and it's hard to even want Ridge to leave Maggie when she reveals her devastating secret. Have you ever thought about the glasses you use for drinking your 8 daily recommended drinks of water?

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Su vida se ha puesto al revés y en la búsqueda de una manera de vivir una vida auténtica y feliz, abre su tienda obstinadamente siguiendo su corazón. Why I didn't like it: I'm over YA's that are "bougie belles at the ball, heartbroken that some boy won't dance with them" and Rose Dawson (yes, that is a Titanic reference) was so 1997. It has been a while since I have read a book by Moyes, and have usually really enjoyed the narrative. Ahora si al niño le gusta el helado de nata igual que a su padre, lo siento, pero eso no es heredado, es cuestión de gustos.The provocative opening takes a dark turn when Lily receives a warning about Ryle’s intentions from his sister, who becomes Lily’s employee and close friend. The other character that featured strongly was Vivi, Suzanna's stepmother, who vacillates between being quite weak and downtrodden to being the backbone of her family. Still, there are quite a few tear-jerking scenes and lovable characters that should make Moyes fans happy. I think the The Selection series beat that "good king" story to death for me (though I did enjoy that series back in the day.