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The Emperor's Children

The Emperor's Children

Claire Messud — 2006
Three friends on the verge of their thirties--beautiful, sophisticated Marina Thwaite; Danielle, a quiet TV producer; and Julius, a freelance writer--make their way through New York City, until Marina's idealistic cousin, Bootie, arrives to complicate the
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Howard Lo@talk19
1 star
Sep 25, 2021

A book all about characters that elicit absolutely no emotion or care from the reader. Taking place in 2001 but written in the style of Victorian English. If they were to burn this book, I wouldn't protest.

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Olivia@olivia11235813
4 stars
Jul 4, 2024
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Heather Margaret@heatherdarling
4 stars
Jun 9, 2024
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Allison Dempsey@alliedempsey
3 stars
Feb 22, 2024
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Sara Sunshine@sarasunsh
4 stars
Jan 30, 2024
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Will Vunderink@willvunderink
3 stars
Dec 18, 2023
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Cory Forsyth@bantic
4 stars
Apr 15, 2023
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Connie@cludecoeur
3 stars
Dec 29, 2022
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Kate Sigrist@katesigrist
2 stars
Aug 29, 2022
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Shay Henrion@shaysbookshelf
3 stars
Aug 28, 2022
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Neta Steingart@neta_shin
2 stars
Aug 12, 2022
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Elizabeth Moore@haddyaddy
2 stars
Jun 9, 2022
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Liz Prinz@prinzy
4 stars
Apr 4, 2022
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Cindy Lieberman@chicindy
2 stars
Mar 26, 2022
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Jessica Pearl@lafemmereads
3 stars
Feb 25, 2022
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Julie Gibson@julierose
4 stars
Feb 23, 2022
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Molly Witt@mollysmilesreads
2 stars
Feb 21, 2022
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Arnav Shah@arnavshah
4 stars
Feb 16, 2022
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Jennifer A.@miesie112
1 star
Feb 8, 2022
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Allison Raines@sacredspheres
3 stars
Jan 27, 2022
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Jennifer@vivaldi
1 star
Dec 14, 2021
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Samantha Seeman@modernsamwitch
2 stars
Nov 17, 2021
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Eva Talmadge@evatalmadge
4 stars
Sep 15, 2021

This book appears on the shelf 1920s

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