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Intriguing. . . . Moore . . . conjure[s] the heat and light and color of this hot, beautiful land, its smells and sensual allure. A compelling and richly textured story. -- The New York Times <br> Moore is a wonderful writer with a sensuous style. . . . [ One Last Look ] takes on the quality of a feverish dream. -- The Baltimore Sun<br> <br> How marvelous is a book that educates but does not preach. . . . [A] cautionary tale for smart women . . . and dumb men . . . but the beauty of the prose and the complexity of the narrative here far outweigh any edifying messages. -- The Washington Post <br> A beauitiful and powerful novel that records one woman's experience while illuminating a world of imperial folly and colonial rapacity and stupidity. -- The Boston Globe <br> Vertinginous. . . .The sense of passing through a distant, phantasmagorical place with a curious and perceptive guide, is undeniable. -- The Seattle Times <br> <br> It is the secret world of women thato

Intriguing. . . . Moore . . . conjure[s] the heat and light and color of this hot, beautiful land, its smells and sensual allure. A compelling and richly textured story. --The New York Times Moore is a wonderful writer with a sensuous style. . . . [One Last Look] takes on the quality of a feverish dream. --The Baltimore Sun How marvelous is a book that educates but does not preach. . . . [A] cautionary tale for smart women . . . and dumb men . . . but the beauty of the prose and the complexity of the narrative here far outweigh any edifying messages. --The Washington Post A beauitiful and powerful novel that records one woman s experience while illuminating a world of imperial folly and colonial rapacity and stupidity. --The Boston Globe Vertinginous. . . .The sense of passing through a distant, phantasmagorical place with a curious and perceptive guide, is undeniable. --The Seattle Times It is the secret world of women that Moore excels at painting, a world of unspoken truths and oblique connections. Time Out New York [A] stranger, extoic, ungraspable place. . . . Moore is an extraordinarily gifted conjurer of weather, smells and sickness; riches, bliasters and bugs, her words steam directly off the page. --Chicago Tribune The descriptive prose leaves one feeling the hot, dusty days and torrential monsoons....Moore s image of saffron-tinged India will have readers pulling out their Baedeker s and booking passage on the next ship sailing for foreign climes. Library Journal [C]aptivating...fascinating...As Eleanor writes in her diary, The writing of women is always read in the hope of discovering women s secrets; Eleanor and her creator reveal just enough glimpses to keep readers transfixed. Publishers Weekly [R]ich, lush...and wonderfully satisfying. Kirkus Reviews [E]leanor is mesmerizing.... Booklist [E]vocative... Harper s Bazaar An enormous accomplishment vivid and precise, evocative and alluring, reflective of impressive scholarship. . . . Moore is an extraordinarily gifted conjurer of weather, smells and sickness; riches, blisters and bugs. Her words stream directly off the page. The Chicago Tribune Splendid. . . . A rueful farewell to an age of conquest and colonization that despite its period trappings looks peculiarly like our own. A deeply moving story of empowerment and loss. O, The Oprah Magazine Lyrical. . . . [Filled with] lushly described landscape and coyly revealed Victorian sexual eccentricities. Entertainment Weekly What Moore has done is to squeeze out of her peppery observations a nascent feminism and a covert sexuality. She heats Eden up. --The New York Times Book Review Chilling. . . . [Moore] gives Eleanor a rich interior life and a mordant humor. --Vogue [Moore] excels at evoking time and place the dresses and the narrative voice just so, the moans of the mango bird in the tree exquisitely described. The New Yorker Breathtaking. . . . An engaging, luscious read. The characters are richly drawn . . . [and] rise effortlessly from the page. The Oregonian The accomplishment of One Last Look is a gradual unfolding of sensual detail that is truly transporting. Los Angeles Times Book Review Sensual steamy prose . . . masterfully evok[es] the likely sounds, smells and sights of early-19th-century life in colonial India. Houston Chronicle It is the secret world of women that Moore excels at painting, a world of unspoken truths and oblique connections. . . . It is a measure of Moore s skill that they never are [discovered]. Time Out New York

Intriguing. . . . Moore . . . conjure[s] the heat and light and color of this hot, beautiful land, its smells and sensual allure. A compelling and richly textured story. -- The New York Times <br> Moore is a wonderful writer with a sensuous style. . . . [ One Last Look ] takes on the quality of a feverish dream. -- The Baltimore Sun<br> <br> How marvelous is a book that educates but does not preach. . . . [A] cautionary tale for smart women . . . and dumb men . . . but the beauty of the prose and the complexity of the narrative here far outweigh any edifying messages. -- The Washington Post <br> A beauitiful and powerful novel that records one woman's experience while illuminating a world of imperial folly and colonial rapacity and stupidity. -- The Boston Globe <br> Vertinginous. . . .The sense of passing through a distant, phantasmagorical place with a curious and perceptive guide, is undeniable. -- The Seattle Times <br> <br> It is the secret world of women that Moore excels at painting, a world of unspoken truths and oblique connections. -- Time Out New York <br> [A] stranger, extoic, ungraspable place. . . . Moore is an extraordinarily gifted conjurer of weather, smells and sickness; riches, bliasters and bugs, her words steam directly off the page. -- Chicago Tribune<br> <br> The descriptive prose leaves one feeling the hot, dusty days and torrential monsoons....Moore's image of saffron-tinged India will have readers pulling out their Baedeker's and booking passage on the next ship sailing for foreign climes. -- Library Journal <br> [C]aptivating...fascinating...As Eleanor writes in her diary, 'The writing of women is always read in the hope of discovering women'ssecrets'; Eleanor and her creator reveal just enough glimpses to keep readers transfixed. -- Publishers Weekly<br> <br> [R]ich, lush...and wonderfully satisfying. -- Kirkus Reviews<br> <br> [E]leanor is mesmerizing.... -- Booklist <br> [E]vocative... -- Harper's Bazaar <br> An enormous accomplishment-vivid and precise, evocative and alluring, reflective of impressive scholarship. . . . Moore is an extraordinarily gifted conjurer of weather, smells and sickness; riches, blisters and bugs. Her words stream directly off the page. - The Chicago Tribune <br> Splendid. . . . A rueful farewell to an age of conquest and colonization that-despite its period trappings-looks peculiarly like our own. A deeply moving story of empowerment and loss. - O, The Oprah Magazine <br> Lyrical. . . . [Filled with] lushly described landscape and coyly revealed Victorian sexual eccentricities. - Entertainment Weekly <br> What Moore has done is to squeeze out of her peppery observations a nascent feminism and a covert sexuality. She heats Eden up. -- The New York Times Book Review<br> <br> Chilling. . . . [Moore] gives Eleanor a rich interior life and a mordant humor. -- Vogue<br> <br> [Moore] excels at evoking time and place-the dresses and the narrative voice just so, the moans of the mango bird in the tree exquisitely described. - The New Yorker <br> Breathtaking. . . . An engaging, luscious read. The characters are richly drawn . . . [and] rise effortlessly from the page. -- The Oregonian <br> The accomplishment of One Last Look is a gradual unfolding of sensual detail that is truly transporting. -- Los Angeles Times Book Review<br> <br> Sensual steamy prose . . . masterfully evok[es] thelikely sounds, smells and sights of early-19th-century life in colonial India. -- Houston Chronicle<br> <br> It is the secret world of women that Moore excels at painting, a world of unspoken truths and oblique connections. . . . It is a measure of Moore's skill that they never are [discovered]. -- Time Out New York

Intriguing. . . . Moore . . . conjure[s] the heat and light and color of this hot, beautiful land, its smells and sensual allure. A compelling and richly textured story. -- The New York Times Moore is a wonderful writer with a sensuous style. . . . [ One Last Look ] takes on the quality of a feverish dream. -- The Baltimore Sun How marvelous is a book that educates but does not preach. . . . [A] cautionary tale for smart women . . . and dumb men . . . but the beauty of the prose and the complexity of the narrative here far outweigh any edifying messages. -- The Washington Post A beauitiful and powerful novel that records one woman's experience while illuminating a world of imperial folly and colonial rapacity and stupidity. -- The Boston Globe Vertinginous. . . .The sense of passing through a distant, phantasmagorical place with a curious and perceptive guide, is undeniable. -- The Seattle Times It is the secret world of women that Moore excels at painting, a world of unspoken truths and oblique connections. -- Time Out New York [A] stranger, extoic, ungraspable place. . . . Moore is an extraordinarily gifted conjurer of weather, smells and sickness; riches, bliasters and bugs, her words steam directly off the page. -- Chicago Tribune The descriptive prose leaves one feeling the hot, dusty days and torrential monsoons....Moore's image of saffron-tinged India will have readers pulling out their Baedeker's and booking passage on the next ship sailing for foreign climes. -- Library Journal [C]aptivating...fascinating...As Eleanor writes in her diary, 'The writing of women is always read in the hope of discovering women's secrets'; Eleanor and her creator reveal just enough glimpses to keep readers transfixed. -- Publishers Weekly [R]ich, lush...and wonderfully satisfying. -- Kirkus Reviews [E]leanor is mesmerizing.... -- Booklist [E]vocative... -- Harper's Bazaar An enormous accomplishment-vivid and precise, evocative and alluring, reflective of impressive scholarship. . . . Moore is an extraordinarily gifted conjurer of weather, smells and sickness; riches, blisters and bugs. Her words stream directly off the page. - The Chicago Tribune Splendid. . . . A rueful farewell to an age of conquest and colonization that-despite its period trappings-looks peculiarly like our own. A deeply moving story of empowerment and loss. - O, The Oprah Magazine Lyrical. . . . [Filled with] lushly described landscape and coyly revealed Victorian sexual eccentricities. - Entertainment Weekly What Moore has done is to squeeze out of her peppery observations a nascent feminism and a covert sexuality. She heats Eden up. -- The New York Times Book Review Chilling. . . . [Moore] gives Eleanor a rich interior life and a mordant humor. -- Vogue [Moore] excels at evoking time and place-the dresses and the narrative voice just so, the moans of the mango bird in the tree exquisitely described. - The New Yorker Breathtaking. . . . An engaging, luscious read. The characters are richly drawn . . . [and] rise effortlessly from the page. -- The Oregonian The accomplishment of One Last Look is a gradual unfolding of sensual detail that is truly transporting. -- Los Angeles Times Book Review Sensual steamy prose . . . masterfully evok[es] the likely sounds, smells and sights of early-19th-century life in colonial India. -- Houston Chronicle It is the secret world of women that Moore excels at painting, a world of unspoken truths and oblique connections. . . . It is a measure of Moore's skill that they never are [discovered]. -- Time Out New York

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Susanna Moore is the author of the novels In the Cut, Sleeping Beauties, The Whiteness of Bones, and My Old Sweetheart, and a book of nonfiction, I Myself Have Seen It. She lives in New York City.

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