1999, ISBN: 9780516211848

Random House Audio, 1998-11-03. Audio Cassette. Very Good. 0553479326 From Publishers WeeklyThe raven-haired twins in Steel's (The Klone and I) latest romance wend their way through… More...

Random House Audio, 1998-11-03. Audio Cassette. Very Good. 0553479326 From Publishers WeeklyThe raven-haired twins in Steel's (The Klone and I) latest romance wend their way through the social dilemmas and crises of conscience that abound in the lives of two motherless heiresses. Flitting around Edith Wharton's New York and its fashionable countryside (the family home, Henderson Manor, is in Croton-on-Hudson), Olivia and Victoria Henderson come of age in high style and predictable prose. Their physical resemblance (even their father is unable to distinguish between them) exaggerates their temperamental differences. The rebel Victoria?smoker, drinker and suffragette?recklessly gives herself to a married womanizer, Tobias Whitticomb. Olivia dutifully keeps her father's houses and acts as the anxious guardian to her "baby" sister. She also befriends nine-year-old Geoff Dawson, whose mother has died on the Titanic. When Henderson pere decides to marry the disgraced Victoria to Geoff's father, Charles, Olivia's heart quietly breaks and the plot thickens. The convenience of the sisters' carbon-copy looks allows Victoria to run off to help the Allied cause in France and Olivia secretly to take her sister's place. Although Steel stretches credibility as the marriage heats up (Charles didn't notice that his wife was virginal again?), the reader is too busy being moved by the powerful events to quibble. Steel doesn't flinch from the realities of childbirth and war and reliably produces yet another suspenseful tearjerker.Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.From Library JournalSomething of a departure for Steel: Twins Olivia and Victoria Henderson wend their way through early-20th-century America, then get caught up in war and marriage.Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.From BooklistSet in the early twentieth century, this coming-of-age tale of identical twin girls showcases two of the most popular Steel character types: one of the twins, Victoria, is racy and sexually adventurous, while the other, Olivia, is virginal and demure. Responsible, stolid Olivia spends much of her time rescuing the headstrong Victoria--from being jailed for agitating for women's rights, from a miserably failed love affair with a married man, and, finally, from a loveless marriage. To accomplish the last feat, Olivia (who has a secret crush on her sister's husband) "switches" with Victoria; she actually steps into her sister's marriage and pretends she is Victoria. While Victoria rushes off to Europe to aid in the war effort (World War I, that is), Olivia stays behind tending her sister's family's home fires and quietly falling in love with her sister's husband. A tad more serious than her usual stories, this one doesn't provide the typical happy ending, but readers, particularly Steel's legions of fans, will not be disappointed, and libraries will probably need several copies. Kathleen Hughes, Random House Audio, 1998-11-03, Children's Press (CT), 1999-09-01. Library Binding. Good. 0516211846 Former library book with the usual markings and stickers, otherwise clean inside and out, Children's Press (CT), 1999-09-01<

ISBN: 9780516211848

This series meets National Curriculum Standards for: Science: Earth and Space Science, History and Nature of Science, Physical Science, Science and Technology, Science in Personal and Soc… More...

This series meets National Curriculum Standards for: Science: Earth and Space Science, History and Nature of Science, Physical Science, Science and Technology, Science in Personal and Social Perspectives. Social Studies: Civic Ideals & Practices Global Connections Individuals, Groups, & Institutions People, Places, & Environments Power, Authority, & Governance Production, Distribution, & Consumption, Science, Technology, & Society Time, Continuity, & Change. Media >, [PU: Childrens Press]<

1999, ISBN: 9780516211848

Children's Press (CT), 1999-09-01. Library Binding. Good. 0516211846 Former library book with the usual markings and stickers, otherwise clean inside and out, Children's Press (CT),… More...

Children's Press (CT), 1999-09-01. Library Binding. Good. 0516211846 Former library book with the usual markings and stickers, otherwise clean inside and out, Children's Press (CT), 1999-09-01<