The patmans of sweet valley ebook

When he was twelve, Dickens worked in a shoe polish factory. For a hour day of labor, he earned six shillings a week. The tenth story in the Rags to Riches series featuring the Uncovered Policeman.

There are huge changes afoot at L'Abeille Nue. The naturist resort in the Southern France that Rags and Bea Adiscombe opened on the site of a failed riding stables many years earlier has changed over the passing of time. Evolution, not revolution have been the watch words.

View all. From Rags to Riches is the true story of two strangers who find each other in midlife and turn rags into riches and make their Christian marriage and businesses a success. Joseph and Annette Trawick were both born in small, rural areas, Wilkinson and Hancock Counties in Georgia, approximately sixteen miles apart—only separated by pine trees, dirt, and gravel roads. No one would have guessed that Roger Barrett, the poorest boy in Sweet Valley, was really one of the Patmans, the wealthiest family in town.

Your IP address will be recorded. Log in No account? Create an account. Remember me. Previous Share Flag Next. Of course, this does set up the love story well. They flirt, he calls her a mermaid, and then he leaves.

Sophie is charmed. They start meeting secretly, Henry writes her a mermaid poem, and of course they fall in love.

And I know your father will never consent to the match. But legally, we don't need his permission. Being with you and making you happy are the only things that matter to me. Will you be my wife? Sophie says yes, they plan to run away together the next night, and it seems like everything will work out. But of course it won't.

If you absolutely need to write your plans down- maybe Sophie has a bad memory- at least carry the fucking diary around with you! So Sophie and Henry are about to ride away on what are apparently stolen horses when her father and brothers appear out of nowhere and force her to come back with them. Henry gets deported. Her father shoots down that idea, but Sophie, who has been saving money, probably to run away herself, gives it to Emma and sends her on her way.

Meanwhile, in America, Henry, who is still poor and now being chased by people he owes money to, is playing poker with some drunk guys.

He manages to win some money and the deed to a plantation in Georgia. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Patmans of Sweet Valley , please sign up. Be the first to ask a question about The Patmans of Sweet Valley. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3.

Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Nov 12, M. There are four sagas in all, but I liked them all. This one focuses on Bruce Patman's ancestors. First we are introduced to Lady Sophie, a British noblewoman who falls in love with a stablehand. They want to get married, but it is not allowed because Sophie is a blue-blood and her sister betrays her while her family has the poor stablehand 'exported' to America.

However, Sophie marries and when she sees that her daughter is also unhappy, she refuses to let a repeat of history happen. The stableha There are four sagas in all, but I liked them all. The stablehand is Bruce Patman's ancestor, but so is Sophie, as the novel follows both of their descendants, and while Sophie couldn't be with the one she loved, their descendants have more opportunity than they did, though not without some struggles.

Like the other Sagas, this was a lot of fun to read. Aug 05, Alex rated it liked it Shelves: books-i-loved-when-i-was-younger. Not as good. Maybe because I hate Bruce. Apr 06, Judie rated it really liked it Shelves: not-mine. I first read this twenty something years ago and I remember liking it the most among all the Sweet Valley sagas. It would have been a swift re-read if not for real life stuff that came in between, but I'm happy I took my sweet time with it. Some plotlines and events felt vaguely familiar, and they brought back memories of my early reading life.

The trademark Sweet Valley cover also contributed to the nostalgia. Jan 01, F. This series is great; William is my favorite; and Bruce and Hank still suck. Jan 26, Anne rated it really liked it. Review posted at Will Read for Feels Nothing evokes the major feels quite like nostalgia. And for most people who were in their teens during the 90s, you would be able to relate when I say that those years were probably golden in terms of music and books for my generation.

And nothing speaks to a 90s kid better than the nostalgia feels of Sweet Valley High. But what really whet my reading appetite was the Sweet Valley Magna editions—the thick books that were a bang for my teenage buck. One of my favorite Magna editions were the Sweet Valley Sagas—family histories of the important characters in the series—and The Patmans of Sweet Valley tops the list.

Bruce Patman may have been one of the obnoxious kids in school next to Lila Fowler , but his ancestors sure were a fascinating lot. It's interesting to note that Bruce's paternal side of the family wasn't born into wealth, unlike the maternal side.

It's even more amusing that even if his first-mentioned ancestors didn't end up together, it was still a serendipitous story of sorts—the ill-fated lovers eventually had their happy ending, albeit it was their great, great, great x ad infinitum grandchildren who ended up together. Speaking of ill-fated lovers, the Patmans had their fair share of tragic love stories that weren't happily ever afters. The most memorable ones for me were English noblewoman Sophie Edmonton and the stablehand Henry Patman, as well as freedom fighter James Patman and Hope, with the latter being the most tragic story in the entire novel in my opinion.

Bruce's parents—Henry Patman and Marie Vanderhorn—had their own tear-jerking story to tell. I have to say this book had a lot more heartbreaking stories than happily-ever-afters, but the most tragic ones stayed with me even after reading them during my teens.