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It Pays to Be Good
It Pays to Be Good | Noel Streatfeild
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Flossie Elk was an astonishingly beautiful baby. But whilst her mother Fanny encouraged Flossie to use the power of those dazzling looks, her greengrocer father George stood by the belief that Beauty is a lure of Satan. When the First World War breaks out and George joins the army, Fanny sends her daughter to dance academy where Flossies beauty can shine like its never been able to before. Not before long Flossie is given a starring role on stage, but with less than honourable intentions . . . Carnegie Award winning author Noel Streatfeild explores the dark side of the backstage world, which she knows all too well from her own life, in this witty and enchanting wartime novel, It Pays to be Good.
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It Pays to Be Good | Noel Streatfeild
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A darker, more cynical version of one of Streatfeild's “shoes“ stories, in which an exceptionally beautiful girl achieves success and adoration without having a spark of human kindness in her soul. The title is a biting commentary on what society values in women. A pick because it's entertaining and has a fascinating “illicit“ relationship in it, but be warned, it's deeply sad.

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LeahBergen I have this waiting on my shelves 👍 5d
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 5d
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