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| | |  | Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Quote: "I caught a glimpse of my face in the mirror as we glided. I looked as eroded as the groaning lift. What had happened to the fresh-faced belle from Boston, Mass.? The woman who stared back at me was at the dreaded age between forty-five and fifty, that no-man's land of sag, oncoming wrinkle, and stealthy approach of menopause. 'I hate this elevator, too,' I said grimly. Zoe grinned and pinched my cheek. 'Mom, even Gwyneth Paltrow would look like hell in that mirror.' I had to smile. That was such a Zoe-like remark."
See more Memorable Quotes, Character descriptions, Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis and more for this book. | |  | Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis: As heroines go, Olive Kitteridge is about as far away from a Disney princess as Maine is from Florida.
See Character descriptions, Memorable Quotes and more for this book. | |  | The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
This is what you get when you cross popular tags for: computer hacker, revenge, thriller and Sweden. Discover a prominent character who "felt like a bag of bananas that had been left too long in the sun."
See Character descriptions, Series information, Summary and more for this book. | |  | Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Quote: "'And now,' cried Max, 'let the wild rumpus start!'"
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