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Stuart, Julia.
The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise
[Bridges eBook] :
A Novel.
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group,
2010.
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contemporary literary fiction.
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birthday gifts for women.
contemporary fiction.
Family relationships.
Historical Fiction.
Contemporary Women.
fiction literature.
family life novel.
literary fiction.
American fiction.
Women's Fiction.
magical realism.
family secrets.
relationships.
Coming of age.
Contemporary.
Family Saga .
family drama.
family life.
Friendship.
Historical.
small town.
infidelity.
literature.
book club.
marriage.
Adoption.
Literary.
romance.
sisters.
Divorce.
family.
satire.
Comedy.
Aging.
Death.
women.
Drama.
grief.
HTML:Brimming with charm and whimsy, this national bestseller set in the Tower of London has the transportive qualities and delightful magic of the contemporary classics <i>Chocolat </i>and <i>Amélie</i>. <br /> Balthazar Jones has lived in the Tower of London with his loving wife, Hebe, and his 120-year-old pet tortoise for the past eight years. That’s right, he is a Beefeater (they really do live there). It’s no easy job living and working in the tourist attraction in present-day London. <br /> Among the eccentric characters who call the Tower’s maze of ancient buildings and spiral staircases home are the Tower’s Rack & Ruin barmaid, Ruby Dore, who just found out she’s pregnant; portly Valerie Jennings, who is falling for ticket inspector Arthur Catnip; the lifelong bachelor Reverend Septimus Drew, who secretly pens a series of principled erotica; and the philandering Ravenmaster, aiming to avenge the death of one of his insufferable ravens. <br /> When Balthazar is tasked with setting up an elaborate menagerie within the Tower walls to house the many exotic animals gifted to the Queen, life at the Tower gets all the more interesting. Penguins escape, giraffes are stolen, and the Komodo dragon sends innocent people running for their lives. Balthazar is in charge and things are not exactly running smoothly. Then Hebe decides to leave him and his beloved tortoise “runs” away. <br /> Filled with the humor and heart that calls to mind the delightful novels of Alexander McCall Smith, and the charm and beauty of <i>The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society</i>, <i>The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise </i>is a magical, wholly original novel whose irresistible characters will stay with you long after you turn the stunning last page.
Humor (Fiction.)
Literature.
Fantasy.
Fiction.
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