A woman of substance vs Hold the dream: Which Should You Read?
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A woman of substance
“Emma Harte leaned forward and looked out of the window.”
Emma Harte Lowther Ainsley is seventy-eight years old and one of the richest most powerful women in the world. Self-reliant and ruthless, she uses money as a weapon and adversity as a tool. In her poverty-stricken…
1 film adaptation
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Hold the dream
“Emma Harte was almost eighty years old.”
In A Woman's of Substance, Barbara Taylor Bradford captivated millions of readers with the enthralling and triumphant tale of Emma Harte and her remarkable rise to the top of her own international business cartel. Now…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Hold the dream has the widest readership — 7181 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| A woman of substance | Hold the dream | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 5.0 (2) | 4.2 (7181) |
| Hardcover | 3.2 (13) | 3.0 (2) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (176) | 4.5 (74) |
Reception
| A woman of substance | Hold the dream | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 176 | 7181 |
| Editions | 35 | 40 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 2405 |
| Reading it now | — | 1372 |
| Written reviews | — | 193 |
| Wikipedia attention | 49121 | 5299 |
| Pages | 755 | 678 |