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Teddy
Teddy: A Novel | Emily Dunlay
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Lessons in Chemistry meets Mad Men in this wildly entertaining debut novel, set in glamorous Rome in the late 1960s, which follows the free-spirited wife of an American diplomat as she desperately tries to contain a scandal of her own making. It is the summer of 1969 and Rome is awash with glamour and intrigue: the stars of Cinecitt are drinking and dancing along the paparazzo-lined Via Veneto, where royalty, American expats, and the occasional Russian spy rub shoulders. Teddy Huntley Carlyle has just arrived in Italy from Dallas, Texas, eager for a fresh start with her new husband, a diplomat assigned to the American embassy. After years of spoiling like old milk, in the words of her controlling, politically-minded uncle, Teddy vows to turn over a new leaf. She will be the soul of discretion; she will be conservative, proper, and polite. She will be her most beautiful, luminous self, wearing the right clothes and the perfect lipstick, and she will be good. She will charm her husbands colleagues at the embassy, and no one will have a word to say against her. Teddy keeps her promise, more or lessuntil the Fourth of July, when her new life explodes as spectacularly as the colorful fireworks lighting the Roman sky over the embassy grounds. Now, Teddy is in the middle of a mess that even her powerful connections and impeccable manners cant contain . . .
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emmasm08
Teddy: A Novel | Emily Dunlay
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I don‘t like being too critical of books - everyone has different tastes and it can‘t be easy to write one . But I make an exception for this - it was truly awful and made me embarrassed to be female 🙈!

Cathythoughts Oh dear !!! Avoiding 1mo
emmasm08 Definitely to be avoided 😂😘😂xxx 1mo
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Teddy: A Novel | Emily Dunlay
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#WickedWhispers Day 12: #TheUnknown is explored in the first few sections of the novel with a build up towards unwitting espionage or just a disingenuous interaction of unsympathetic characters leading to dire consequences and what counts for “scandal” in polite and seemingly-elite societies. Posting way in advance on account of my travel in two hours‘ time to Saramago‘s land.

Eggs Perfection ☝️ 3mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 😍 3mo
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