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 Atlantic Shift - Emily Barr
 Atlantic Shift - Emily Barr ... through. Real musicians despise her. Her talent has been promoted way beyond its value because - apparently - everyone loves a blonde girl in lipstick who can do interesting things between her thighs. She's played for the President of the United States. She's played at No 10 Downing Street. And tonight she's playing for Royalty. But tonight she's also going to change her life. Tonight she's going to leave her husband. Tonight, for the first time in fifteen years, she's going to stand on her own two feet. For tomorrow begins her new life - starting with a trip to New York. It all too soon becomes apparent that breaking the rules - and escaping from your past - isn't what it's cracked up to be.Newest Review: ... too the point and, read by the wrong person in the wrong mood, could prove offensive: "I have slept with 3 men in the ... more ... past 3 weeks. This fact pleases me. I am desirable to 18, 30 and 40 year olds alike…I feel powerful."
The whole book is like this, with Evie quickly developing as a character you either see yourself in completely or someone you pity because she's so flawed. If it's the latter you may not enjoy the book as much because the story doesn't just feature Evie - she IS the story. The language really shows you her character both in the way other people perceive her and how she sees herself. The sentences are short and t...more |
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Atlantic Shift - Emily Barr: Oceans Apart From Usual Chick-Lit (934 words)
by - written on 12/06/06 (Very useful, 116 readings)
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If ever there was an utterly bizarre yet strangely intriguing way to begin a book, this was it: mid-way through her performance at a gala concert for a royal birthday, we join our main character just as she has decided to leave her husband. Evie is a reasonable musician who, dolled up in a pretty dress and some smart red lipstick, is being marketed as cellist supreme, the greatest thing ever to hit the classical world. The tabloids love her, her estranged husband loves her and her extended family love her, but right now she's not all that fond of herself. "Sometimes I wonder if I am a truly horrible person. I suppose I am in many ways. I don't feel bad ... Read the complete review
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