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Finishing Touches - Patricia Scanlan

 

Description: ISBN 0553812904 / Author: Patricia Scanlan / Genre: Fiction / Cassie, Laura and Aileen - schoolmates, soulmates, they shared the dreams, ... more
Finishing Touches - Patricia Scanlan ... secrets and desires of young girls, and the passions, problems and aspirations of young women coming into their own. Cassie put her life on hold to attend to her family's needs. Laura and Aileen soared in their careers. Now they were together again as Cassie dared to make her impossible dream come true. Aileen crossed the world to be with Cassie; Laura was there by her side. David offered her love, support and passion. And Cassie's spiteful sister Barbara schemed to undermine them all. Cassie, the family caretaker, was liberated at last, ready to launch an interior design business with a disputed legacy that would bring out the worst - and the best - in her family, lovers and friends.

Newest Review: ... everything together, holidays, getting jobs, finding flats and romances. The main storyline is centred around Cassie Jordan ... more

 ... and how she is in a constant battle with her family. Being the oldest of the children she is expected to do everything around the house while her siblings, particularly Barbara, get away with not doing their chores. As the book moves on through time you will see the demands that are made on her throughout the rest of her life even though she has started a new life for herself in Liverpool. But will her family still make her suffer and make her give up her new life? And will she ever get repayed for any of the sacr...more

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Finishing Touches by Patricia Scanlan - Poolbeg Press
Pages: 570, Unknown Binding, Poolbeg Press - Books/Subjects/Roman ...
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Format: paperback (A format), Publisher: Transworld Publishers Lt
Pages: 576, Edition: New Ed, Mass Market Paperback, Bantam Books ...
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Premium Review Finishing Touches - Patricia Scanlan: Finishing Touches (255 words)
by megaj21 - written on 30/08/08 (Very useful, 6 readings)
Rating:

When I bought this book I didn't realise that I had actually already read it but I read it again and enjoyed it just as much as I had the first time. The story is about 3 friends Cassie, Laura and Aileen, they have been friends since they were kids and have been through everything together, holidays, getting jobs, finding flats and romances. The main storyline is centred around Cassie Jordan and how she is in a constant battle with her family. Being the oldest of the children she is expected to do everything around the house while her siblings, particularly Barbara, get away with not doing their chores. As the book moves on through time you will see the demands that are ...

 

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