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Author: Christina Shea Publisher: St. Martin's Press ISBN: 0312273452 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 222
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An exquisitely wrought debut novel about sisterhood through three generations in Ireland and America. It is 1921 in Ireland. When their mother dies in childbirth, Moira and Julia O'Leary are left to rear their infant sister, Ann, while their father, a sheep farmer, despairs. After Ann dies, Moira and Julia depart Cork for Boston, but the painful secret behind Ann's death haunts their new lives and presages the confusion that will come to trouble the next generation. Moira and Julia have always been strikingly different, but theirs is a mercilessly dependable relationship-Moira's boldness is fortified by Julia's quiet inner purpose, while Julia lives vicariously through her sister's impulsive actions. Moira's Crossing charts their shared journey through marriage, children, and lobstering off the coast of Maine. At once an examination of the troubled intimacy of sisterhood and an inquiry into the meaning of faith, Moira's Crossing is also a story of what we leave behind and who we become because of it.
Author: Christina Shea Publisher: St. Martin's Press ISBN: 0312273452 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 222
Book Description
An exquisitely wrought debut novel about sisterhood through three generations in Ireland and America. It is 1921 in Ireland. When their mother dies in childbirth, Moira and Julia O'Leary are left to rear their infant sister, Ann, while their father, a sheep farmer, despairs. After Ann dies, Moira and Julia depart Cork for Boston, but the painful secret behind Ann's death haunts their new lives and presages the confusion that will come to trouble the next generation. Moira and Julia have always been strikingly different, but theirs is a mercilessly dependable relationship-Moira's boldness is fortified by Julia's quiet inner purpose, while Julia lives vicariously through her sister's impulsive actions. Moira's Crossing charts their shared journey through marriage, children, and lobstering off the coast of Maine. At once an examination of the troubled intimacy of sisterhood and an inquiry into the meaning of faith, Moira's Crossing is also a story of what we leave behind and who we become because of it.
Author: Ethard W. Van Stee Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 0595090826 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 386
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Jonathan Braithewaite settles in eastern North Carolina in 1727. He marries a sea captain's daughter and they found Jonathan's Landing, later renamed Wisharton. Half the town evolves into a harsh, Calvinist planter community represented by the Brandt family. The other half into a more liberal community scended from the Anglicans and represented by the Braithewaites. Tension grows between the two families who pass through a series of crises. The hero's wife dies of untreatable disease, followed by her husband who is killed in a duel. The slave community evolves from its Yoruban (African) roots tempered by an infusion of Christianity. The eldest Braithewaite daughter marries a school teacher and they open an academy. The Brandt son becomes a religious fanatic who slays his retarded mulatto daughter resisting his attempt at rape. His older slave mistress mediates between the planter family and the slaves. She, too, is carrying his child. Brandt's trial for murder in the death of the girl takes up the middle third of the story. He is sentenced to the pillory and dies there as he is being branded on the forehead with the mark of the serpent. The Brandt's slaves engage in a carefully-controlled rebellion, and the Braithewaite widow frees hers. The final third of the story is set in modern times. Graduate student Kareena discovers she is a direct descendant of a sister of the slave girl murdered 150 years earlier. Moreover, her graduate advisor is a direct descendant of the mad planter Brandt. Through this lineage she and her advisor both carry the Brandt genes. Strange events seem to happen that cannot be real. Flashbacks relating to their common heritage carry the story to a terrifying and surreal conclusion, bringing their mutual family curse to an end.
Author: Nora Roberts Publisher: Berkley ISBN: 0425280209 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 402
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As the powerful vampire Lilith prepares to quench her thirst for destruction by unleashing her fury in battle, a medieval sorcerer, one of the circle of six charged by the goddess Morrigan, must travel through time to stop her.
Author: George Ellis Publisher: George Ellis ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 178
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(Book 2 of the Bhesar Trilogy--Contains some violence. May not be suitable for readers under 15 years of age.) Eugene has crossed into the Beings' world, a place of technological wonder. Together with Ruben, she seeks to return to Bhesar, but they are forced to stay at the Union of Central Province. Here, they soon discover that behind the pristine facade lies a brutal hierarchical system, one that puts the lower-ranked officers at the mercy of their superiors. And it is through this system that the Beings hope to trap Eugene and Ruben into staying at the Province forever . . . Keywords: young-adult fantasy, YA fantasy, teen and young-adult book, fantasy series, romance, YA romance, young-adult romance, YA book, YA ebook, institute, boarding school, special abilities, training, action, YA coming of age, teachers, alpha cool students, doppelganger, parallel world, wolf, telepathy
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