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Kiss good night and say good-bye

by Ana Lisa De Leon

Published 1984255 pagesISBN 978-0-3731-6061-7

She didn't want to kiss good night and say good-bye In a single week the peerless reputation of her art gallery was rudely insulted and Andra Carrera's impeccable taste in art was challenged. Marques Montemayor was an overbearing, egotistical boor--but he was also a genius whose spectacular talent was a once-in-a-lifetime discovery. Marques defied Andra to display his art in her Santa Fe gallery and Andra reluctantly consented, putting her professional judgment before her personal pride. For Marques was also witness to the most crushing humiliation of Andra's life, and yet, despite her best efforts, Marques had begun to invade Andra's thoughts by day, her dreams by night....

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Themes to notice

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Reading experience

Balanced tone · Steady pace

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

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Reading lengthA standard-length read255 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 1984
Primary categoryFictionExplore similar books below
ISBN-13
978-0-3731-6061-7
Language
English
Edition record
OL24211822M
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A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

Begin with its place in Fiction, then notice where the book resists that label.

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Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. What does the central character want, and what do they misunderstand about that desire?
  2. Which detail or relationship changes how you interpret the story?
  3. What feeling or question does the book leave with you after the plot moves on?

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