Grand avenue vs Light a Penny Candle: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Femmes, Female friendship, Domestic fiction, Women, Friendship, Fiction
Grand avenue
"Looking back, it seemed like paradise; lives filled with the blessings of friendship, marriage, children, and career. For twenty years, four friends, Chris, Barbara, Susan, and Vicki shared everything through good…
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Light a Penny Candle
As a child, Elizabeth White was sent from her war-torn London home to a safer life in the small Irish town of Kilgarret. It was there, in the crowded, chaotic O'Connor household, that she met Aisling-who would become…
The verdict
- Readers rate Light a Penny Candle highest: Light a Penny Candle 4.4 · Grand avenue 3.8.
- Grand avenue is the quickest read — about 7 hours vs 11 for Light a Penny Candle.
- Grand avenue has the widest readership — 3219 ratings behind its score.
- Grand avenue runs the darker storyline; Light a Penny Candle stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
Grand avenue
≈ 7h vs 11h for Light a Penny Candle
Just want the better-reviewed one?
Light a Penny Candle
4.4 vs 3.8 from readers
In the mood for something dark?
Grand avenue
a darker storyline than Light a Penny Candle
Want something lighter?
Light a Penny Candle
an easier tone than Grand avenue
Scores by source
| Grand avenue | Light a Penny Candle | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (3219) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.5 (2) | 3.8 (12) |
| Google Books | — | 3.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (299) |
Reception
| Grand avenue | Light a Penny Candle | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 3219 | 299 |
| Editions | 26 | 48 |
| Citations | — | 2 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 1353 | — |
| Reading it now | 40 | — |
| Written reviews | 231 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 329 |
| Pages | 392 | 600 |