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Charlotte Vale Allen (1941–2023)

Autor(a) de Somebody’s Baby

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About the Author

Charlotte Vale Allen was born in Toronto, Canada, on January 19, 1941. She spent several years in England, where she worked as a singer and actress. After returning to Canada for a short time, she immigrated to the United States in 1966. Allen began writing in 1970 and sold her first novel, Love mostrar mais Life, in 1974. Her 36 novels have sold seven million copies, most of which have been translated into more than 20 languages. In her novels, Allen attempts to offer optimism and insight on many issues women face. In her most celebrated work, an autobiography titled Daddy's Girl and published in 1980, Allen relates her experience as an abused child. She was listed as one of the 100 most borrowed authors in the United Kingdom by the British Public Library system in 1990. Other titles include Somebody's Baby and Claudia's Shadow. A full-time writer since 1976, Allen also pursues interests in photography, cooking, and needlework. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por Charlotte Vale Allen

Somebody’s Baby (1995) 104 exemplares
Night Magic (1989) 97 exemplares
Parting Gifts (2001) 92 exemplares
Dreaming In Color (1993) 83 exemplares
Grace Notes (2002) 76 exemplares
Daddy's Girl (1980) 76 exemplares
Fresh Air (2003) 73 exemplares
Claudia's Shadow (1996) 56 exemplares
Promises (1980) 50 exemplares
Dream Train (1987) 47 exemplares
Leftover Dreams (1987) 45 exemplares
Illusions (1987) 42 exemplares
Painted Lives (1990) 40 exemplares
Time/Steps (1986) — Autor — 33 exemplares
Meet Me in Time (1983) 28 exemplares
Sudden Moves (2004) 28 exemplares
Mood Indigo (1997) 25 exemplares
Pieces of Dreams (1984) 25 exemplares
Matters of the Heart (1985) 22 exemplares
Destinies (1982) 20 exemplares
Intimate Friends (1983) 20 exemplares
Nightfall (1993) 18 exemplares
Secrets (1992) 14 exemplares
Perfect Fools (1982) 12 exemplares
Running Away (1977) 12 exemplares
Acts of Kindness (1982) 11 exemplares
Love Life (1978) 11 exemplares
Memories (1978) 10 exemplares
Where is the Baby? (2012) 9 exemplares
Moments of Meaning (1979) 9 exemplares
Mixed emotions (1977) 9 exemplares
Hidden Meanings (1976) 8 exemplares
Sweeter Music (1976) 8 exemplares
Gifts of Love (1978) 7 exemplares
Heart's Desires (1991) 7 exemplares
Times of Triumph (1979) 6 exemplares
Another Kind of Magic (1977) 6 exemplares
Julia's Sister (1978) 6 exemplares
Becoming (1978) 5 exemplares
Marmalade Man (1981) 4 exemplares
Believing in Giants (1978) 4 exemplares
Gentle Stranger (1977) 4 exemplares
Heart's Desires 2 exemplares
Secrets 2 exemplares
L'enfant de l'aube (2009) 2 exemplares
Nattens magi 1 exemplar

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Allen, Charlotte Vale
Nome legal
Allen, Charlotte Vale
Outros nomes
Marlowe, Katharine
Data de nascimento
1941-01-19
Data de falecimento
2023-01-12
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
Canada
Amerika
Local de nascimento
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Locais de residência
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
UK
Connecticut, USA
Ocupações
Actrice
Schrijfster
Zangeres

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Charlotte was born on 19 January 1941 in Toronto, Canada. She was abused during childhood. She moved to England from 1961 to 1964, where she worked as a television actress and singer. She returned to Toronto briefly, performing as a singer and in cabaret revues until she emigrated to the United States in 1966.

In 1970, she married Walter Bateman Allen Jr and instaled in Connecticut in 1970. Shortly after her marriage, she began writing and sold her first novel, Love Life, in 1974. Prior to its publication, she had contracted to do a series of paperback originals for Warner Books, with the result that in 1976 three of her books appeared in print. Her award-winning autobiography, Daddy’s Girl , was actually the first book she wrote, but in 1971 it was deemed too controversial by the editors who read it. It wasn’t until 1980, after she’d gained success as a novelist, that the groundbreaking book was finally published.

Charlotte’s 30-plus novels have sold over eight-million copies, have been published in all English-speaking countries, in braille, and have been translated into more than 20 languages. She is consistently one of the most borrowed authors in worldwide English-language libraries. She also used the pseudonym of Katharine Marlowe. In 2000, CBS bought the rights to Somebody’s Baby for a movie-of-the-week, and several of her other novels are currently under option for film and television.

In her writing, she tries to deal with issues confronting women, being informative while at the same time offering a measure of optimism. "My strongest ability as a writer is to make women real, to take you inside their heads and let you know how they feel, and to make you care about them." Her goal "has always been to communicate, to enlighten people about women’s issues without being preachy, and to entertain while doing it. If I succeed in getting someone to think about the book’s content after they’ve finished reading it, then I’ve accomplished what I set out to do."

A film buff and an amateur photographer, Charlotte enjoys foreign travel. She finds cooking and needlework therapeutic, and is a lifelong movie fan. The mother of an adult daughter, she continued living in Connecticut.

Membros

Críticas

The author stated this book would reflect the Phantom of the Opera/Beauty and the Beast story that I hold so dear to my heart. The basic premise does include some Phantom-esque dynamics, but the story quickly fails to keep up with the heart of the original story. First of all, I bothered me to no end that she would keep the name of the main character, Erik, but change the name of his love interest to something other than Christine. It just felt wrong, the entire time. We first meet Marisa when she is 16, and the book develops some rather heavy Lolita references that carry through to the very end. The author including love scenes between a 16 year old and 30+ man just felt icky. The characters never really developed or matured through the novel. Marisa never seems to age much past 16. She and Erik are immature, selfish and contemplate suicide far too often for rational people. The book lacks a plot for the most part. The author will also jump years between paragraphs, which gets annoying after a while. The "climax" of the book is heavily reminiscent of Lolita as well. By the end, I was so disgusted with the characters that was glad the book was over and I didn't have to read about them anymore. A poor example of Phantom inspired fiction.… (mais)
½
1 vote
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LISandKL | 3 outras críticas | Jun 21, 2014 |
If it wasn't for Charlotte Vale-Allen's name on the cover, I may not have picked up this book. In this case, judging a book by its cover would have been my loss. The title and cover art just don't do it for me. Each taken separately might have been okay; however, the combination led me to believe this was a Mary Higgins Clark-type novel. Although I'm sure Mary Higgins Clark writes some wonderful books, I've never been particularly enamored of them.

Anyway, without further digression, I just want to say that Charlotte Vale-Allen has created another great book in a long line of great books. She has the ability to pull you in to each of her character's personalities and lives and somehow the pages just fly by. At the end of each of her books you feel like these are real people you know and care about. She's a masterful storyteller who really knows her craft.… (mais)
 
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DTChantel | Nov 1, 2013 |
This is a book that I re-read every few years since the original publication date and continue to enjoy.
 
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BookDivasReads | Aug 23, 2013 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
49
Membros
1,276
Popularidade
#20,106
Avaliação
3.2
Críticas
23
ISBN
286
Línguas
10
Marcado como favorito
3

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