The First Long Kiss vs The Seagull's Cry: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The First Long Kiss The First Long Kiss Denise Robins · 1953 ★★★★☆ 3.7 192 pages · ≈ 3 h 33 m · Moderate

Gemma Grantham and Bette Dickens decide to have a really luxurious holiday and pool their joint savings, they had seen pictures just like this in glamour magazines, smart sun brown girls in chic clothes in the south of…

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Cover of The Seagull's Cry The Seagull's Cry Denise Robins · 1957 ★★★★☆ 3.7 215 pages · ≈ 3 h 59 m · Moderate

A tempestuous love story set in one of the wildest corners of Cornwall. Tansy Trehearn was born and bred in the beautiful and little Cornish port of the village St. Ruthyn, where Martin Wyde was opening a small hotel,…

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The First Long KissThe Seagull's Cry
Goodreads 3.3 (3) 3.6 (7)

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The First Long KissThe Seagull's Cry
Ratings 3 7
Editions 10 11
Want to read — 7
Pages 192 215

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