The Silent Auction

By Pamela Hackett Hobson

Book Overview

The Silent Auction

They're back

Your favorite members of The Bronxville Book Club--Kathryn, Lizbet, Giselle, Chelsea, Francesca, Carole, Sarah and Madison--are welcoming the Braithwaite family to the charming village of Bronxville And what better way for Morgan, Brooke, and the three Braithwaite children to get to know their new neighbors than by participating in the highly successful Memorial Day activities at the Bronxville School. The jewel in the crown of the holiday weekend is, of course, the eagerly anticipated Silent Auction.

This year, Lizbet Wellington Smith has organized a Silent Auction that will surpass all others and raise record-breaking funds for The Bronxville School. With Lizbet's able assistance, Morgan Braithwaite has entered his family's names on several of the red-white-and-blue ribboned bidding sheets for such items as...a condo in Vail...a Spa Cruise...Skybox tickets...Gourmet dinners...Breakfast at Tiffany's...and a Holiday House tour of spectacular homes.

Join Morgan at 2 p.m. on Memorial Day when the winners of the Silent Auction items are announced. The Braithwaites are in for quite a year as they get to know the residents of the affluent village that is endlessly copied but never matched...and the residents themselves are in for Silent Auction surprises no one ever would have expected...

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Buzzzz, Murmurs Follow Novel

The Bronxville Book Club "has created a stir...with residents venturing guesses as to the real identities of the fictional characters." The New York Times

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595663044
• ISBN13: 9780595663040
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Enjoyable read

I've now read both of the books by this author (the first was "The Bronxville Book Club") and really enjoyed both. I thought the concept was very creative. The quotes that open up each chapter are funny and a great indication of what's to come. I am now anxiously awaiting the next tales of these loveable characters.

Great fun

The Silent Auction is a great follow up to The Bronxville Book Club. I enjoyed seeing the old characters and meeting the new family. It was very entertaining to see how they were "encouraged" to bid on items at the school"s fundraiser. I think we can all relate to the characters portrayed in the book. There are a few really laugh out loud moments in this book that left me eagerly awaiting the next installment.

Well done!

I had read the first book by this author and loved the characters in that book-The Bronxville Book Club." The Silent Auction" takes us back into the lives of some of those characters and introduces new ones to us. I was captivated by "The Silent Auction." The premise of the story is truly wonderful, very cleverly done, and it carries us through the whole way. I was actually sorry when the book ended because it was such enjoyable reading. Though I'm not from the same background, I felt like I knew the characters or people like them, and I wanted to spend more time with them. The ending of the book was unexpected and made me cheer inside. Fantastic summer, winter, spring or fall reading for everyone!

More fun in Bronxville

If you were wishing for an update of activities of Lizbeth and the gang, your wish has been answered. "The Silent Auction" picks up where the "Bronxville Book Club" left off and introduces us to yet another Bronxville activity - the amazing offerings to be had at Bronxville's annual silet auction. Readers are introduced to the silent auction via the Braithwaites - new to Bronxville but instantly at home there. We follow the Braithwaites as they bid on, and win, some really fabulous events. Again, Ms Hobson breezily and wittily portrays the goings on and takes us into the private, exclusive world of this very special community. A fun and delightful read, with some suprising, and surprisingly funny, happenings.A great book to take to the beach!

The Silent Auction

If you liked The Bronxville Book Club, you will love The Silent Auction. The (fictional) enactment and playing out of the events in Pamela Hobson's second novel reflect a real "happening" that occurs every Memorial Day in Bronxville, New York, an exquisitely crafted fair and fund-raising initiative for the Bronxville School, in which every family with school age children becomes involved.Ms. Hobson's depiction of the event, and the participation that follows it, necessarily requires the introduction of many more intriguing characters. The original heroines of the Bronxville Book Club are still in evidence, but the stage is more crowded this time, with children, neighbors and friends. Their inclusion is a great enhancement to the story. How they relate to each other becomes the heart of the narrative, as they come forward to claim and make use of the wonderful offerings they have won.Starting in June, the story takes us through the year, from the realization of one prize event after another, to a final, over-the-top Christmas Party in December. My favorite section of the book is the Richman's hilarious Christmas letter. You will have to read the entire book through to the end to reach this part, but once you begin reading, you won't want to stop.If you liked the Bronxville Book Club, you will love The Silent Auction.