The Gingerbread House.The Gingerbread gingerbread In architecture and design, elaborately detailed embellishment, either lavish or superfluous. Though the term is occasionally applied to such highly detailed and decorative styles as the Rococo, it usually refers to the hand-carved and -sawn wood ornamentation of House James Richard Vantage Press Inc. 419 Park Avenue South, 18th floor, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10016 0533148847 $13.95 1-212-736-1767 Set in a small town during the 1900's, The Gingerbread House is a story grounded in nostalgia, mirth, and true love. When a journalist comes home from Europe to take over the town newspaper from his sister, he becomes infatuated in·fat·u·at·ed adj. Possessed by an unreasoning passion or attraction. in·fat  u·at with the local people and their
stories. From an orphaned young girl to a threatening politician to the
town madman, each individual has a tale to tell in this anthology of
brief yet captivating cap·ti·vate tr.v. cap·ti·vat·ed, cap·ti·vat·ing, cap·ti·vates 1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm. 2. Archaic To capture. fictional viginettes, each of which rings all too familiar. The Gingerbread House is very much like gingerbread itself--just as tasty whether one delves into it a bit at a time or all at once. |
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