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Matchmakers of Harts Haven volume 1
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Running from her controlling father and ex-boyfriend, Victoria disguises herself and escapes to the Amish community of Harts Haven.
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Presenting a dazzling new historical novel ... The Girl From The Savoy is as sparkling as champagne and as thrilling as the era itself.
'Sometimes life gives you cotton stockings. Sometimes it gives you a Chanel gown ...'
Dolly Lane is a dreamer; a downtrodden maid who longs to dance on the London stage, but her life has been fractured by the Great War. Memories of the soldier she loved, of secret shame and profound loss, by turns pull
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Molly Gray is a quirky gal, she doesn't really get the nuances of social interaction and misinterprets the intentions of others more often than not. She's a maid at an upscale hotel and takes extreme pride in her adherence to cleanliness standards. She's 25 and all alone in the world after her Gran dies from pancreatic cancer. One day she discovers a regular guest dead in his bed, and a series of events and misunderstandings lead the police to mistakenly...
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"OLD RIVALRIES NEVER DIE. BUT SOME RIVALS DO. Juliet Townsend is used to losing. Back in high school, she lost every track team race to her best friend, Madeleine Bell. Ten years later, she's still running behind, stuck in a dead-end job cleaning rooms at the Mid-Night Inn, a one-star motel that attracts only the cheap or the desperate. But what life won't provide, Juliet takes. Then one night, Maddy checks in. Well-dressed, flashing a huge diamond...
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Criterion collection volume 1014
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"A year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s"--www.imdb.com.
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"Lynn is the most thorough chambermaid at the hotel where she works. Crippled by her own shyness, she rummages through the guests' belongings and even hides under their beds, vicariously experiencing their discreet interludes. When she finds herself present during a session with the call girl Chiara, Lynn can't help but let her curiosity get the better of her. Bold and unrestrained, Chiara soon draws Lynn out of her shell, opening her up to a new...
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In her feature debut, theater director Lila Avilés turns the monotonous work day of Eve (Gabriela Cartol), a chambermaid at a high-end Mexico City hotel, into a beautifully observed film of rich detail. Set entirely in this alienating environment, with extended scenes taking place in the guest rooms, hallways, and cleaning facilities, this minimalist yet sumptuous movie brings to the fore Eve’s hopes, dreams, and desires. As with Alfonso Cuarón’s...
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