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Like a lot of my favourite authors, I'm afraid Liz Berry is not terribly prolific. Like Robin McKinley, Connie Willis,Pamela Belle, Anne Stuart, Katherine Neville, Tamora Pierce and Stella Riley, it is so hard to find books by her.
Mel
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Seventeen year old Melody Calder is desperate for her life to
change, but she isn't prepared for the turmoil into which she is
thrown following her mother's nervous breakdown. Left alone in
their squalid house, Mel determiens to repair and redecorate.
Then, while searching for furniture in a local junk shopk, she meets the dangerously attractive Mitch Hamilton, lead guitarist with top rock group Assassination. Mitch is keen to help with the house, but Mel is suspicious of his enthusiasm. So when Mitch announces his intention to marry Mel, no one is more astounded than Mel herself. Except perhaps Mitch's jealous ex-girlfriend, the formidable Roxy Leigh.
In her latest compulsively readable novel, Liz Berry has created a courageous and resourceful heroine who is forced to assert her independence.
From Kirkus Reviews , May
1, 1991
Likable, hard-working Mel emerges from her mother's neglect and
abuse to take charge of her own future. Mel not only renovates
her shabby home after her mother is institutionalized but also
organizes other residents of her rundown neighborhood into a
group capable of getting the social services that are their due.
Meanwhile, she takes over an antique store for its elderly owner
and increases profits. All this is credibly handled; readers will
hail Mel's growth, determination, and endless industry.
However--into the rejuvenation enters a rock star ``slumming'' to
dodge his fans; he falls hopelessly in love with Mel and waits
for her to get over a teen-age crush on a teacher. This somewhat
overdramatic aspect of the plot threatens, but never thwarts, its
robust spirit or enterprising answers to life's ongoing
difficulties.
-- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights
reserved. --
From Horn Book
After her mother's breakdown, Mel, a high-school senior, claims
control of her life. She takes a job in an antique shop and
rehabilitates the London slum she lives in. The novel is
disjointed and unbelievable - particularly Mel's boyfriend, a
famous but down-to-earth rock star. These flaws are unfortunate
in a novel containing many interesting elements and written in a
page-turning style.
-- Copyright © 1991 The Horn Book, Inc. All rights reserved.
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The China Garden
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Booklist , March 15, 1996
Clare, who is leaving soon for the university, feels a powerful
urge to accompany her mother, Frances, to Ravensmere, the estate
where Frances has taken a job nursing an elderly man. Clare is
shocked when she learns that her mother grew up nearby, but she's
even more surprised when the villagers know her own name and
greet her with great joy. An unscrupulous estate manager, a
handsome young man on a motorcycle, and the old earl himself are
all part of the secret, and Clare gradually realizes that so is
she. What could have been a creaky supernatural story becomes, in
Berry's hands, a lushly romantic tale that unfolds in layers and
is firmly grounded in mythology and New Age mysticism. Clare
matures and becomes powerful by learning her true self in this
coming-of-age novel, which will also please teens looking for
romance. Susan Dove Lempke
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From Horn Book
Clare moves from London to an estate in southern England and
discovers that she is part of a clan of women with special
powers. Clare accepts her econd sightand the requirement that she
learn to protect the ancient family Benison, a mysterious stone.
Using traditional lore about the stone circles at Stonehenge,
Avebury, and elsewhere in England, Berry writes a contemporary,
fast-paced story full of mystery, mysticism, and romance.
Copyright © 1996 The Horn Book, Inc. All rights reserved.
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