Penelope

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction

Rebecca Harrington (author)

Paperback Published on: 04/07/2013

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I LOVE THIS BOOK!!

Words cannot describe how much I love this book! It’s charming, touching, and utterly hilarious! Penelope is a freshman starting her first year at Harvard.... READ MORE

Becci Cooper at Worcester

As charming, quirky and endearing as its narrator

A very charming and unusual coming-of-age story that will appeal to anyone who has ever felt like a fish out of water. Penelope is the story of Penelope O... READ MORE

Sarah at Head Office

A quirky portrayal of loneliness

Penelope is odd. Not enough for people to notice...until they start talking to her and she's going on and on about car seats. But surely she can find like ... READ MORE

Naomi at Kingston Bentall Centre

Slightly disappointing

From the blurb I was expecting to love this book, but it just didn't quite live up to expectations. Most of the characters lacked depth and were frankly an... READ MORE

Janette Fraser

Weird but Hilarious Satire

I'll be honest, I think this is going to be a bit of a marmite book. Some readers are going to passionately love it, and some just won't get it at all. I f... READ MORE

Nicole Burstein at Piccadilly

Synopsis

Meet Penelope O'Shaughnessy, Harvard freshman.

Armed with her Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights poster and party conversation modelled on the repartee of Noel Coward, Penelope is ready to take her place on campus. But where are the kindred spirits who will share her passion for Morse code and Tetris? Penelope's roommates, over-achieving Emma and the sullen Lan, seem to have already got to grips with university life, and she is finding it hard to work out if the dashing but elusive Gustav matches up to her hero, Hercule Poirot.

Penelope follows our heroine's progress through her first year among America's elite, as she navigates the mysteries of life, love, inappropriate tutors, marionette operation and how to kiss on both cheeks and avoid disaster.

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9781844088652
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 260g
Dimensions: 196 x 133 x 21 mm

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Penelope

It's not often you come across a book with a myriad cast of characters and not one of them are likeable but Rebecca Harrington has managed it. Following Pe... READ MORE

SoozM

Style Over Substance

I'm not really sure how to review this book. To give a synopsis of the plot would be to spoil the plot: not much really happens in Penelope. The little tha... READ MORE

Reading Fiend

Help with empty nest syndrome

Both I and my daughter , who will shortly be off to uni, enjoyed this gentle tale of a first year student's experiences. We could relate to the relationshi... READ MORE

Jane-Louise Burrows

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