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Although a true lover of books, Anne-Marie Entwhistle prefers not to read to her spirited daughter, Penny, especially from the likes of "Madame Bovary," "Gone With the Wind," or "The Scarlet Letter." These novels, devoted to the lives of the Heroines that make them so irresistible, have a way of hitting too close to home -- well, to the Homestead actually, where Anne-Marie runs the quaint family-owned bed and breakfast.In this enchanting debut novel, Penny and her mother encounter great women from classic works of literature who make the Homestead their destination of choice just as the plots of their tumultuous, unforgettable stories begin to unravel. They appear at all hours of the day and in all manners of distress. A lovesick Madame Bovary languishes in their hammock after Rodolphe has abandoned her, and Scarlett O'Hara's emotions are not easily tempered by tea and eiderdowns. These visitors long for comfort, consolation, and sometimes for more attention than the adolescent Penny wants her mother to give.Knowing that to interfere with their stories would cause mayhem in literature, Anne-Marie does her best to make each Heroine feel at home, with a roof over her head and a shoulder to cry on. But when Penny begins to feel overshadowed by her mother's indulgence of each and every Heroine, havoc ensues, and the thirteen-year-old embarks on her own memorable tale.Eileen Favorite's lively, fresh, and enormously entertaining novel gives readers a chance to experience their favorite Heroines all over again, or introduces these fictional women so beguilingly that further acquaintance will surely follow. Narrated by the courageous and irreverent Penny, "The Heroines" will make book lovers rejoice.
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"On a picturesque acreage near Prairie Bluff, Illinois, thirteen-year-old Penny Entwhistle and her mother, Anne-Marie, run a retreat where literary Heroines seek temporary refuge from their tragic destinies. Franny Glass, Madame Bovary, Scarlett O'Hara, Catherine Earnshaw, and others find respite from their varied cries, but must return to their books eventually and suffer the fate that awaits...Favorite offers a fun take on the impact literature can have on our lives." -- "Publishers Weekly"
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A stunning debut novel, funny and off-beat, for fans of Audrey Niffenegger and Diane Setterfield
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- PublisherHutchinson
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0091921147
- ISBN 13 9780091921149
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 240 pages. light wear, foxing, price stickerTHE HERO INESEileen FavoriteHutchinson, UK, 2008ISBN 9780091921149sml trade pb, 240ppGOOD: light wear, foxing, price stickerThis otherwise ordin ary boarding house has become the favoured refuge of the great wo men of literature, who descend on Anne-Marie and her daughter Pen ny at all hours, and in all manner of distress as their storyline s are unravelling. The Homestead has played host to a heartbroken Emma Bovary, a distraught Scarlett O Hara, a weeping Catherine E arnshaw but this extraordinary literary education will teach Penn y as much about herself, her mother and their destinies. Seller Inventory # 1104b
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Book Description Paper Back. Condition: Good. In the padlocked attic she d hidden all her books on shelves with locked pine doors. One never knew who might show up and in what state. The last thing you wanted was for Anna Karenina to discover accidentally that she was bound to take her own life on the railroad tracks. Watergate is breaking news, but at the Prairie Bluff boarding house in rural Illinois, there are more immediate concerns Emma Bovary has arrived unannounced and distraught and Anne-Marie and her daughter Penny have torn themselves away from the television coverage to attend to their new guest. But if there s one rule at Prairie Bluff, it s never meddle in the lives of the Heroines, however cruel the destinies to which they are bound. There s nothing to be done for poor Emma, immersed in her narrative crisis, save for the provision of tea, a tirelessly sympathetic ear, and clean linens Adolescent angst isn t a patch on beautiful and grief-stricken and Penny, a moody thirteen, knows she s no competition for her mother s attentions against these ethereal creatures. Hurt and excluded, and frustrated by her mother s passivity in the face of Emma s terrible fate, Penny strikes out across the Prairie to cool her hot head. But when she arrives at the forbidden woods, she s in no mood to obey her mother s second rule, never to enter and soon finds herself in a world of very real heroes and villains, an unwilling heroine in her very own terrifying story. 233 pages. Seller Inventory # 1498984
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