One of my All-Time Favorites

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	• The Ugly Duckling Iris Johansen Bantam, 1996 - 432 pages average customer review:based on 99 reviews view larger image
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Iris Johansen Strikes Again!

I have always loved Iris Johansen's novels as I enjoy suspence thrillers and can usually only take small doses of romance mixed in. This book has it all and is definately one of Iris Johansen's best written novels. It features a woman of a rich upper class who is married, has a daughter but also has some mental problems as well. Ever since Nell Calder was a girl her mother repeatedly told her that she was basically nothing (the Ugly Duckling) because she was not the prettiest or best of the bunch. Then what appears to be a nightmare comes true. At a high-class social gathering, her husband and daughter are killed and then the killer himself turns towards her. Here she gets her face cruely slashed up. Yet, she survives, goes through extensive plastic surgery and becomes the beautifull swawn she never dreamed of becomming. Now, with a new reason to live, she goes after the killer to avenge her little girl's violent death. During this, she meets a man who proposes to help her and in a way the novel becomes a new great romantic suspence thriller (and in my opinion the best ever!). The end has a twist in the plot which will have you sitting on the edge of your seat until the last few pages are read. Buy it, read it, and I promise it will not let you down....

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Five Stars

I saw The Ugly Duckling named as a "must" on a reader's List Mania, and I agree. Iris Johansen's ability to create a believable metamorphosis of Nell, an unattractive and shy woman living in a world full of beautiful and outgoing people whose life is changed through tragedy and reconstructive surgery, takes true talent. The book is well-written and enthralling...a true keeper.

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I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!

The Ugly Duckling is one of my favorite books. This book made me love reading. The characters in this book are amazing. And this book has a great story. About the struggle of a woman to avenge her daughters death. With the help of a dashing ex-con. With so many twist about Nell's and Nick's adventure.This is such a GREAT book!!

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One of my All-Time Favorites

This was the first book I'd ever read by Iris Johansen (about 4 years ago), and I LOVED IT!!! After reading it, I went straight to the library and checked out every other book she'd ever written (even the romance novels-- not my usual genre.) Since then, I've come to recognize a lot of similarities in her books. In many cases, it seems like she re-uses the same characters, just giving them different names in each book. But I still read them all. And "The Ugly Duckling" is still my favorite.

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