The Flight of Gemma Hardy
Margot Livesey
January 2012
464 pages
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True confession #1: For some reason I confuse Margot Livesey with Penelope Lively. And they’re nothing alike.
True confession #2: I’m pretty sure I bought this book twice…in hard cover, because I wanted to read it that bad. And I still can’t find the first copy of the book that I’m positive I bought. (And if that’s not an argument for an e-book, I don’t know what is. Because did you know that the B&N nook app won’t let you buy the same book twice? (And yes, I know this from experience.) This is just one of the many reasons why I love technology).
True confession #3: I loved the book, so I don’t care that I probably paid for it twice.
True confession #4: I’m dreaming of a trip to Iceland.
True confession #5: I might’ve spent way too much time waiting for something to crawl out of the attic…and being disappointed that it never did.
True confession #6: I also spent way too much time wondering why Gemma never read Jane Eyre and recognized her own life story. I mean really…she was a well-read girl. Don’t you think she should’ve read the book at some point??
Okay. Enough of the true confessions. This is modern re-telling of Jane Eyre, and it’s a great story.
That is all.
Amazon warns me before I buy something twice…and yes, I know that through personal experience as well too
I need to read this and Jane Eyre
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I need to make time for this one. I love that Amazon alerts me to things I’ve already purchased. The problem I now seem to be having is getting an e-galley of a title, forgetting about, then buying it and finding both on my Kindle. At least I’m buying books, right?
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I haven’t paid much attention to this one but if you like it — good endorsement. Will keep an eye out!
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I read Jane Eyre for the first time last year, and it instantly became a favorite. I would love to see how this one riffs off that one, and see what kind of reaction that I have towards it. I can imagine that I would be really intrigued by this book. Thanks for all your true confessions today!
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HA! Loving this style of review, Jill! Because this is all we really need to know. When I get fed up with myself and my lame reviews, I might just resort to something like this. FYI, a true confession from me…I’ve never read Jane Eyre. Not even seen the various movies. But many MANY have loved this book, so maybe this is the path I should take.
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I love the creativity of this review format! Regarding #6, I think we’re all guilty of being kind of ignorant, idiotic, and/or in denial when it comes to examining our own lives and seeing things clearly, so maybe it might not be all that unrealistic. I’m pretty sure I’d be wondering though if I heard strange things from the attic as in Jane Eyre.
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Wasnt it fantastic? And truly, I could read it again (never mind that Jane Eyre still wats for me… 3/4 read on my night stand…)
I too have bought the same book twice several times…. I really need some short of shock collar….
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I’m glad to see that you enjoyed this one so much…I just received the audioversion and plan to listen to it soon!
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Oooookkaaay. You might have sold me on this. But I’m on a book buying ban until Fall. So it’s going to sit prettily on my wishlist until then.
- The Princess
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Lol, I am pretty sure I have bought the same book twice before as well
So, yeah, you had me at “Modern re-telling of Jane Eyre”. What else is there to know?? Definitely adding this to the TBR pile! 
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I’m glad you loved this. The audiobook is totally awesome. And I’ll go to Iceland with you in 2014 (I need some time to save).
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Oh, sounds good! Hope it shows up at BLAH! (ha ha)
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I’m reading this one later this month. Lately I’ve been reading some reviews that were lukewarm. Thanks for exciting me about it again! I’d love to find the time to re-read Jane Eyre in connect with it.
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Haha #6, what a great point!
Love this review and am SO happy I have a copy of this book… now I just need to find time to read it!
I recently bought two copies of Anna Quindlen’s Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake in the same day. First I downloaded it from audible.com and started listening in the car, but there were so many passages I wanted to reread – had to stop and buy a hardcover copy on the way home!
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Oh, I love jane so I’ll have to look for this one.
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