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The 2011 Award

 

Kinsella

Twenties Girl

by Sophie Kinsella

 

 

Nominated by:

  • Jafet Library- American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

 

Publisher of Nominated Edition:

Bantam Press, UK

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK

  
Lara Lington has always had an overactive imagination, but suddenly that imagination seems to be in overdrive. Normal professional twenty-something young women don’t get visited by ghosts. Or do they? 
 
When the spirit of Lara’s great-aunt Sadie—a feisty, demanding girl with firm ideas about fashion, love, and the right way to dance—mysteriously appears, she has one request: Lara must find a missing necklace that had been in Sadie’s possession for more than seventy-five years, because Sadie cannot rest without it.  
 
Lara and Sadie make a hilarious sparring duo, and at first it seems as though they have nothing in common. But as the mission to find Sadie’s necklace leads to intrigue and a new romance for Lara, these very different “twenties” girls learn some surprising truths from and about each other. Written with all the irrepressible charm and humor that have made Sophie Kinsella’s books beloved by millions, Twenties Girl is also a deeply moving testament to the transcendent bonds of friendship and family. 

 (From Publisher).
 

 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sophie Kinsella is the author of the bestselling Shopaholic series as well as, The Undomestic Goddess, Can You Keep a Secret? and Remember Me? She lives in England.  

 

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