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Animating Maria (School for Manners, Bk 5)
Animating Maria - School for Manners, Bk 5 Author:Marion Chesney Amy and Effy Tribble can't believe their luck. After four arduous Seasons spent molding intractable, wayward, or just plain frumpy young women into marriage material, their fifth Season in the chaperone business brings them a dream client. — Maria Kendell is stunningly beautiful, impeccably mannered, effortlessly graceful and extremely well d... more »owered -- in short, she doesn't seem to need the Tribble's help at all. It's true that Maria has a tendency to daydream, but then so does every young woman, as Amy and Effy -- still as full of romantic dreams now as they were at twenty -- know only too well.
Maria is a perfect candidate for marriage, even if none of her real suitors -- especially the insufferably proud and aristocratic Duke of Berham -- quite live up to her dreams. But when the Duke meets Maria's vulgar and boorish parents, Maria's disapproval becomes moot, as his proposal is quickly withdrawn, vanquished by the Kendalls' overweening gaucherie and social ambition.
Amy and Effy soon realize that their job is to be no sinecure after all, as they face their greatest challenge yet -- taking on not only Maria, but the hopelessly common Kendalls as well.« less