Waldo Ed. Cohn, Author, Marthe Cohn, Author, Wendy Holden, Author with Wendy Holden. Harmony $24 (304p) ISBN 978-0-609-61054-1
This compelling memoir is testament to how extraordinary circumstances can transform a life—and how an extraordinary person reacts to difficult circumstances. Cohn was a typical French-Jewish teenager when WWII broke out, but as it did for...
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Wendy Holden, Author . Plume $13 (352p) ISBN 978-0-452-28302-2
As the old caveat goes: be careful what you wish for—it might come true. Holden (Bad Heir Day) addresses what can possibly go wrong (and does) when one woman finally gets exactly what she wants in this energetic, witty tale. Rosie, an...
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Wendy Holden, Author . Plume $13 (304p) ISBN 978-0-452-28393-0
Holden's latest satirical novel (after Farm Fatale) looks at love and lust among players in the London publishing biz. Hapless publicist Grace works for tiny Hatto & Hatto ("we specialize in obscure and unsuccessful—I mean,...
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Wendy Holden, Author . Plume $13 (368p) ISBN 978-0-452-28517-0
Predictable plot turns and humorless puns abound in Holden's superficial satire (after Gossip Hound
, etc.), which starts out as a promising tale of a smalltown reporter's attempt to break out of her sleepy English hometown and quickly...
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Wendy Holden, Author . Plume $14 (304p) ISBN 978-0-452-28589-7
Holden affectionately skewers marriage and parenthood in her latest charming farce (after Azur Like It)
about two expectant couples who, having fled bustling cities for a slower pace of life, find themselves in the same prenatal class in the small...
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Wendy Holden, Author Sourcebooks Landmark $14.99 (420p) ISBN 978-1-4022-3715-7
Holden's pretty-on-the-outside people either see the light or get what's coming in this skewering of the bratty class. The best-selling Brit author (Bad Heir Day) holds up a mirror to preening and pampered actors, and to the predatory PR...
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Wendy Holden, Author Plume Books $12.95 (291p) ISBN 978-0-452-28167-7
Witty puns, glittery silliness and a down-to-earth heroine provide both style and substance in British journalist Holden's clever debut, a rollicking sendup of London's glam-mag industry. By day, plain Jane Bentley, 24, is a writer for a fashion...
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Wendy Holden, Author Plume Books $13 (339p) ISBN 978-0-452-28178-3
One shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but the title of this superficial second novel by Holden (Simply Divine) suggests all one needs to know about what lies within. Awkward puns, shallow characters and predictable plot lines do little to prolong,
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Rita Mae Brown, Author, Wendy Holden, Author, Michael Gellatly, Illustrator . Bantam $25 (246p) ISBN 978-0-553-80362-4
The 13th Mrs. Murphy mystery from bestseller Brown and her feline collaborator (after 2005's Cat's Eyewitness
) opens with the comic-opera remarriage of series heroine Harry Haristeen and Fair, Harry's veterinarian ex-husband,...
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Wendy Holden. Sourcebooks Landmark, $14.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-1-4022-7067-3
In this scathingly witty commentary on the perks and pitfalls of love among the British upper class, Holden (Gallery Girl) tells the tale of two childhood adversaries and the vastly different roads they travel in search of true love. Social climber...
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Wendy Holden. Berkley, $26 (432p) ISBN 978-0-593-10132-2
Holden (A View to a Kilt) offers a charming story of a real-life teacher who served as governess for the future Queen Elizabeth II and her sister, Margaret. In 1932 Edinburgh, 20-year-old reform-minded Marion Crawford is a teacher in training...
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