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The Purveyor of Enchantment (Hardcover)

by Marika Cobbold (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 235 pages
  • Publisher: St Martins Pr; Reissue edition (Jan 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0312181604
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312181604
  • Product Dimensions: 22.2 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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By the author of "Guppies for Tea" and "A Rival Creation". Clementine Hope lives in fear of everything. Then in a moment of real crisis, she sees the destructive quality of fear and resolves to change. To do so she must slay her personal dragon and rescue Prince Charming in the process. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.


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'A life lived in fear is a life half lived,' Clementine Hope's sister, Ophelia, is fond of quoting to her.

Clementine, thirty-something and newly divorced, lives in a small Hampshire town, teaching music and working on a collection of fairy tales left to her by her Great Aunt Elvira. But mostly she worries. She worries about the rising crime rate. She worries about disease and illness, about offending God and, in the rare moments when she is at peace with Him, about upsetting the man in the carpet shop or Mrs Challis who runs the cafe where she meets with her friend Jessica.

Clementine enjoys as little of the life around her as any Sleeping Beauty. Just as she thinks she has found love with Nathaniel Scott, the son of her next-door neighbour, her fears cause her to lose him.

Then, at a moment of real crisis, Clementine sees the destructive quality of her life and resolves to change and make amends. To do so she must turn from victim to heroine, slay her personal dragon of fears and phobias, and rescue her own Prince Charming. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.


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4.0 out of 5 stars A quirky and quick read, 26 Aug 2008
By SJSmith (UK) - See all my reviews
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Clementine Hope comes from a family where all the women are named after dead heroines. She frets about this. She also frets about upsetting people and then also the more serious stuff - such as crime, disease and illness. All in all, she worries about everything. One of her sisters, Ophelia, is completely the opposite and following her Great Aunt Elvira leaving her a house; they both end up living together.

Along with the house, Clementine has been left a collection of fairy tales. Some of which are ones told in the tradition of Aunt Elvira's family, others more recognisable tales. They help Clementine see life more clearly and realise that life is for living not for worrying about. Her fears threaten the love of her neighbour's son and Clementine has to make choices and changes.

A novel full of messages and flashes of inspiration. It is told in a mix of flashback and present tense. The flashback is told as it is happening but at the beginning of each chapter are one or two short paragraphs from the present until almost at the end when the reader has caught up with Clementine's life. This is an okay read, not one I'd rave about even though it's enjoyable. The cover and title are excellent, once you've settled into the novel their appropriateness becomes evident. I would certainly be prepared to try out another of Cobbold's novels.
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