Books by Haley Tanner
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review 1: Vaclena! Really that says it all. I was very impressed by the story of the Magnificent Vaclav and his assistant the Lovely Lena! The language is flawless, I had a different voice and weight of accent for all the characters as I was reading and this made me extremely fond of ev...
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review 1: First of all, none of the book descriptions (even from the jacket cover) do not adequately preview this book...they are far more positive in nature than what what the book actually is. Is it a fairy tale? Is it a love story? Not really...it is only trying to be. Overly-stereo...
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review 1: I was so disappointed by this book. I don't usually write reviews, however, due to my frustration with this novel, I am compelled. The story NEVER develops. It took so long to establish Vaclav & Lena's friendship as children and then it didn't come to fruition when they come back...
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review 1: Vaclav and Lena are both children of Russian immigrants in New York City soon after the fall of the Soviet Union. They meet at age five and are friends from then on, until Vaclav's mom discovers something awful about how Lena was being treated by the aunt with whom she lived, and...