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|author=Jerry Oppenheimer
|title=Crazy Rich: Power, Scandal and Tragedy Inside the Johnson & Johnson Dynasty
|rating=3
|genre=Biography
|summary=Back in 1885 three brothers were inspired by a speech by Joseph Lister, the pioneer of antiseptic surgery, to create a range of surgical dressings - such things were previously unheard of - and this was the beginning of Johnson & Johnson, providers of Band-Aids and baby powder. It also brought phenomenal wealth to the founders and a variety of trusts continued this down the years. The first president of the company was Robert Wood Johnson. NFL fans will be aware of his great grandson, Robert Wood Johnson IV (known as 'Woody'), owner of the New York Jets. In between the two - and afterwards - there are a string of tragedies and scandals which put you in mind of the Kennedy dynasty.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0312662114</amazonuk>
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'He had munched breakfast, crunched elevenses, chomped twelveses and guzzled the most enormous lunch.'
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405262389</amazonuk>
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|author=Morgan McCarthy
|title=The Outline of Love
|rating=3.5
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=Persephone Triebold has spent most of her life on the Assynt Peninsula in north-west Scotland. It's isolated, rugged and under-populated. Her father opted to live there after the death of his wife, feeling that it was safe for his young daughter. She's been home-schooled and has had very little contact with other people - but makes the decision that she's going to university in London. Once there she shares a house with three other girls and develops a crush on former indie musician and Booker-winning novelist Leo Ford. She works her way into his circle of friends - and finally into his bed - but never feels that has ''connected'' with him. Part of it is that she can't get past ''that'' incident in his past which involved his sister, Ivy, her partner, a gun and a sword - and no one will talk about it.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0755388771</amazonuk>
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