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by Barbara Taylor Bradford (Author) "It was a blustery morning ..." (more)
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It has been nearly 25 years since Bradford made her name with the female rags-to-riches saga A Woman of Substance, the first in a trilogy of novels that concluded with 1988's To Be the Best. Gambling that there is still life to be squeezed out of the story of indomitable super-survivor Emma Harte and her descendants, Bradford returns to the chase with this present-day sequel. The novel opens in 2001 at Pennistone Royal, Emma's magnificent country estate in Yorkshire, now occupied by her granddaughter Paula's family. Paula heads the Knightsbridge store, flagship of the nationwide Harte chain, and her grown daughters, Linnet and Tessa, work there. A young American, Evan Hughes, with an uncanny Harte family resemblance, appears one day seeking a job. She's hired at once, since Linnet needs help with an upcoming fashion spectacular, a retrospective featuring Emma's couture wardrobe. Linnet's cousin Gideon, who works for the Harte newspapers, is smitten with Evan, and soon the mystery of her background is of concern, especially when it's discovered that Evan's grandmother had a close relationship with Emma. The overwhelming amount of descriptive detail clothing, interior decor, food and drink slows down the narrative, but such Victorian props as a decorative locked box, a key taped behind a photograph and long-lost diaries provide mild suspense. The saga was already losing steam with To Be the Best, and this fourth installment is further diluted. Lacking the dynamic impact of the original, it will be best appreciated by those with an irresistible desire to follow the further adventures of the Harte clan.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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Bradford's novel continues the saga of the Harte family, begun with Emma Harte in A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE. On her deathbed Evan Hughes's grandmother tells her to go to London, where Emma Harte holds the key to her future. But Emma Harte has been dead for 30 years. In London, Evan turns up at a flagship store in Knightsbridge looking for a job. Everyone notices the resemblance between owner Paula O'Neill--Emma Hart's granddaughter--and the young American. When a cousin of Paula's is smitten with Emma, it becomes imperative to find out Evan's lineage. As Bradford lets the story unfold in the present and the past, Kate Reading divulges Emma's family secrets one by one in a soothing, languorous voice and soft accents. Reading performs each scene with practiced aplomb and lets the multifaceted story gradually reveal itself. Love, friendship, and family are the keys to the Hartes, their kin, and the past they guard so zealously. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.
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1.0 out of 5 stars not even worth one star, Sep 13 2009
By Frances (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Emma's Secret (Mass Market Paperback)
I read A woman of substance and the next two books, and was very happy with them. I ws highly disappointed in the last three books that made this series - they reminded me of cheasy Harlequim novels!
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4.0 out of 5 stars memories of a woman of substance, Dec 30 2004
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This review is from: Emma's Secret (Mass Market Paperback)
I read a woman of substance many years ago and again in 1999 and loved it all over again. As a business woman and one that loves to see other women succeed I passed it on and on. Unfortunately I missed all of her sequals up to Emma's secret. I picked Emma's secret up on a business trip and fell right back under the spell of Emma's family. I actually stayed awake and read it through in quick time. I loved it and am buying the rest to catch up on the family. It's better than desperate housewives and I think that's a hoot!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible, Jun 14 2004
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This review is from: Emma's Secret (Hardcover)
This book was very disappointing. So many things could have been developed to make it exciting but none of them ever were.
The book doesnt seem to really have any ending. It felt like the last chapter must have been left out. I have read Bradford before and this has got to be her worst.
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1.0 out of 5 stars End of an Era
I enjoyed Emma Harte so much that I have been compelled to follow the stories of her offspring. I was incredibly disappointed to read Bradford's description of Evan's mother who... Read more
Published on Jun 10 2004

2.0 out of 5 stars Back to the Harte's again.... (with a spoiler or two)
With "Emma's Secret," Barbara Taylor Bradford returns yet again to the world of the Hartes. Read more
Published on Jun 7 2004 by Sophia

2.0 out of 5 stars Woman of Substance this is not
I read Woman of Substance for the first time MANY years ago. I enjoyed it so much that I've read it several times since then... The sequels (i.e. Read more
Published on May 14 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm reading the books out of order..
I read this one first! I loved it, and how tight the families were was a great story line. In this book Bradford puts a family tree of the Harte Clan which comes in very handy no... Read more
Published on April 22 2004 by Meg

5.0 out of 5 stars Great follow-up to A Woman of Substance
This was a very good book where we can read about the incomparable Emma again. I literally couldn't put it down. Everyone who's read the first one should read it. Read more
Published on April 20 2004 by Chelsea Becker

1.0 out of 5 stars what happened?????????
I've read all her books and loved them. Now I've struggled and struggled to read this one. I give up. I'm about in the middle and I can't take anymore! Read more
Published on April 11 2004 by Karen Elliott

1.0 out of 5 stars Really bad
This was the worst book Barbara Taylor Bradford has ever written. Woman of Substance was so outstanding that I thought that surely this might come close to it. WRONG!!! Read more
Published on Mar 29 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars The secret is there is no story
Any book that cannot stand on it's own should not be written. I found the characters totally confusing. Read more
Published on Mar 16 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars The secret is there is no story
Any book that cannot stand on it's own should not be written. I found the characters totally confusing. Read more
Published on Mar 16 2004

3.0 out of 5 stars More than one person got mugged --
This frothy piece should have been titled 'Women Obsessed with Style,' for surely the book had no substance. Read more
Published on Mar 16 2004 by traceymeloni

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