"It has been a day ordained by the fates, for how else could one explain the wholly cursed chain of events?" The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London Neighbourhood of St. Crispian's. But Emma's plan for a charmed and studious life are sabotaged by her eccentric Cousin Archibald, her formidable Aunt Eugenia, and the slightly odd denizens of St. Crispian's. Emma M. Lion offers up her Unselected Journals, however self-incriminating they may be, which comprise a series of volumes. Armed with wit and a sideways amusement, Emma documents the curious realities of her life at Lapis Lazuli House.
I cannot read it fast enough and when it is over, I wish I had read it slower.
Published by Crista , 29 days ago
This is like Pride and Prejudice without the slow moving storyline. These books are hysterical and touching. I have giggled out loud and sat and sobbed. Witty sarcasm and empowered self-assurance lives in the same gorgeous personality who is fighting all of British culture and society to find her own happiness in a world that has pushed her aside.
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