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Fiction

Slipping Flowers

Wild Lavender by Belinda Alexandra

by Judith Armstrong
December 2004–January 2005, no. 267

Wild Lavender by Belinda Alexandra

HarperCollins, $29.95pb, 531pp

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Belinda Alexandra’s first novel, The White Gardenia (2002), was a ‘word of mouth best seller’. It may not have been picked up by certain critics, but it was nevertheless favoured by the book-buying public. Its subject was exotic – the fortunes of the daughter of a White Russian refugee family in Harbin and Shanghai – but the Mills & Boon cover was a bit of a worry. Now Wild Lavender appears, the second instalment of Alexandra’s two-book contract.

 


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Wild Lavender by Belinda Alexandra

HarperCollins, $29.95pb, 531pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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