The Thin Woman - Dorothy Cannell
Jan 1, 1993
Cannell appeals to the sides of me that like mash-ups. You've got a standard Romance premise combined with a cozy mystery plot, and the whole thing cracks me up.
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Oct 27, 2016
I really dislike the whole fat-to-thin story line, since it assumes that A. skinny is better than fat B. fat is the fault of individuals lacking willpower and C. fat people don’t have happy love lives. But a woman gets to spend six months cleaning and decorating a Victorian faux castle on a huge budget, and who doesn’t dream of that? Probably just us folks who moved frequently, subscribed to multiple home magazines, and always went to The Parade of Homes, mostly to talk about all the unappealing features of modern homebuilding.
Oh, and the girl gets a guy who’s a really good cook. And a chummy housekeeper and a sweet old gardener. Staff to do the bits one doesn’t like? So much win.
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