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Not All Tarts are Apple
Not All Tarts are Apple
Author: Pip Granger
A rags-to-riches story with a delightfully original spin, NOT ALL TARTS ARE APPLE is narrated by seven-year-old Rosie who grows up in a cafe in 1950s Soho, watched over by her eagle-eyed Auntie Maggie and Uncle Bert, and visited on occasions by her mother, the mysterious, and often drunk, Perfumed Lady. — But it soon transpires that the Perfumed ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780552148955
ISBN-10: 0552148954
Publication Date: 2002
Pages: 330
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4 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Corgi
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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It's 1953 and Rosie is 7 years old. She lives in a café where a menagerie of neighbors come to eat and catch up on the gossip. The alleyways are teeming with crooks, fortune-tellers, card-sharks, and ladies of the night. But Rosie is hoping to be adopted soon. Then she learns that the woman she has always known as "The Perfume Lady" is not only a professional tart & a gin addict but also her mother! But the toughest racketeer has a soft spot for Rosie and between him and the neighborhood they will be making sure Rosie goes to a good home. This is a fun, wonderful, feel good story that you just don't want to end. I truly enjoyed it.
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reviewed Not All Tarts are Apple on + 628 more book reviews
A light read but very funny. I would compare it to Brendan O'Carroll's Irish books. Worth the read.
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Absolutely delightful and fun. Lauged out loud in several places. Great debut for a new writer. REminded me a bit of Brendan Carroll's novels.
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This novel is fluff, but it's very sweet fluff. A quick read.


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