The Pajama Girls of Lambert Square: A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Rosina Lippi
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Category: EBooks
List Price: $24.95
Buy New: $9.99
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 47410
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Pages: 368
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
ASIN: B0013M31F0
Publication Date: February 14, 2008
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Product Description
From the author of ITied to the Tracks/I comes a charming new novel set in Lambert's Corner, South Carolina--a beautiful town where no one's secrets remain secret for very long. For John Dodge, moving to new places and reviving ailing businesses is a way of life. So when he sees an ad for Scriveners, a stationery shop in a small town in South Carolina, he decides to take the plunge. PAs soon as he arrives in Lambert's Corner, Dodge falls happily into the whirl of gossip, gifts, and quintessential Southern hospitality. Link Kay, one of his employees, warms up to him after Dodge admires his expertise on pens. Bean Hurt--a feisty and outspoken ten-year-old--becomes a fast friend. And Maude Golden, the mayor, supplies him with indispensable information. PBut the one person who really catches Dodge's eye is Julia Darrow--the beautiful but aloof pajama-wearing owner of the Cocoon, a popular store specializing in luxury linens. Dodge tries to befriend her, but she remains elusive and mysterious. Everyone knows that she is a widow, but no one seems to know why she came to town or why she never leaves Lambert Square--or does she? Like Dodge, Chicago-born Julia is fleeing a tumultuous past. But with the help of a hilarious and endearing cast of characters, Julia and Dodge learn that, sometimes, you don't need to go far to find home. /P
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 A Delightful Read August 18, 2008
Romantica Reader (USA)
I did a search on Kindle for novels by Sara Donati and found this jewel. Thesupporting cast of characters wereas interesting for me as was the story of dodge and Julia. If you enjoy reading novels that give you a wonderful slice of life in the South then you dont want to miss this one. It is a keeper.
Quirky Characters August 16, 2008
Aunt_Shopper (USA)
Good read with lots of quirky characters. I was a little disappointed that there wasn't a bit more to the plot.....
Quirky characters July 2, 2008
Beverley Strong (Australia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When Julia Darrow is widowed and left emotionally inconsolable, she moves to a small town in South Carolina where she opens a business which specialises in fine linens and nightwear. To boost her business, she employs locals who are expert needlewomen and dresses them in beautifully tailored pajamas as they are their primary source of income. Lambert Square is the centre of town life and between the other shop owners, there is a feeling of great camaraderie towards Julia and her adopted dogs, social rejects whom she trains and passes on to new owners. When former army brat, John Dodge takes over a shop which restores and sells antique fountain pens, an immediate sexual attraction is obvious between them but it takes the rest of the book to sort out all of their other problems. It's a good read with interesting and quirky characters who really engage the reader's attention.
I really liked this one. May 5, 2008
j. rich (Russellville, AR)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Lippi is an excellent writer and this book shows it. It reads very well and the story is great.
 nothing mysterious about her April 16, 2008
Violet (San Jose, CA)
3 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book was boring and predictable - Julia is said to be "secretive and mysterious", someone tells the new man in town, "Don't set your sights on our Julia, she's shut up tight as a Chinese puzzle box" - I think she fell into bed with the new tenant within 48 hours of meeting him, knowing nothing about him, that's "shut up tight"? - maybe you have to be from the south to appreciate women so removed from real life that they spend all day and night in pajamas. I'm sorry I spent the money on this.
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