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Author: Harriette Arnow Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1439164517 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 691
Book Description
The Dollmaker was originally published in 1954 to immediate success and critical acclaim. In unadorned and powerful prose, Harriette Arnow tells the unforgettable and heartbreaking story of the Nevels family and their quest to preserve their deep-rooted values amidst the turmoil of war and industrialization. When Gertie Nevels, a strong and self-reliant matriarch, follows her husband to Detroit from their countryside home in Kentucky, she learns she will have to fight desperately to keep her family together. A sprawling book full of vividly drawn characters and masterful scenes, The Dollmaker is a passionate tribute to a woman's love for her children and the land.
Author: Harriette Arnow Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1439164517 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 691
Book Description
The Dollmaker was originally published in 1954 to immediate success and critical acclaim. In unadorned and powerful prose, Harriette Arnow tells the unforgettable and heartbreaking story of the Nevels family and their quest to preserve their deep-rooted values amidst the turmoil of war and industrialization. When Gertie Nevels, a strong and self-reliant matriarch, follows her husband to Detroit from their countryside home in Kentucky, she learns she will have to fight desperately to keep her family together. A sprawling book full of vividly drawn characters and masterful scenes, The Dollmaker is a passionate tribute to a woman's love for her children and the land.
Author: R. M. Romero Publisher: Delacorte Press ISBN: 1524715417 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 338
Book Description
In the vein of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and Number the Stars, this fusion of fairy tales, folklore, and World War II history eloquently illustrates the power of love and the inherent will to survive even in the darkest of times. In the land of dolls, there is magic. In the land of humans, there is war. Everywhere there is pain. But together there is hope. Karolina is a living doll whose king and queen have been overthrown. But when a strange wind spirits her away from the Land of the Dolls, she finds herself in Kraków, Poland, in the company of the Dollmaker, a man with an unusual power and a marked past. The Dollmaker has learned to keep to himself, but Karolina’s courageous and compassionate manner lead him to smile and to even befriend a violin-playing father and his daughter—that is, once the Dollmaker gets over the shock of realizing a doll is speaking to him. But their newfound happiness is dashed when Nazi soldiers descend upon Poland. Karolina and the Dollmaker quickly realize that their Jewish friends are in grave danger, and they are determined to help save them, no matter what the risks.
Author: Nina Allan Publisher: Other Press, LLC ISBN: 1590519930 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 417
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Named a Best Book of the Year by The Advocate and Tor.com A love story of two very real, unusual people, and a novel rich with wonders that shines a radically different light on society's marginal figures. Stitch by perfect stitch, Andrew Garvie makes exquisite dolls in the finest antique style. Like him, they are diminutive, but graceful, unique and with surprising depths. Perhaps that's why he answers the enigmatic personal ad in his collector's magazine. Letter by letter, Bramber Winters reveals more of her strange, sheltered life in an institution on Bodmin Moor, and the terrible events that put her there as a child. Andrew knows what it is to be trapped; and as they knit closer together, he weaves a curious plan to rescue her. On his journey through the old towns of England he reads the fairytales of Ewa Chaplin—potent, eldritch stories which, like her lifelike dolls, pluck at the edges of reality and thread their way into his mind. When Andrew and Bramber meet at last, they will have a choice—to remain alone with their painful pasts or break free and, unlike their dolls, come to life.
Author: Mary Burton Publisher: Zebra Books ISBN: 1420155970 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 353
Book Description
Now in mass market for the first time, USA Today bestselling author Mary Burton presents the heart-stopping next installment in her Forgotten Files Trilogy, where forensic pathologist Dr. Tessa McGowan and agent Dakota Sharp must work together to unravel the mysteries behind the macabre doll-like killings before Tessa becomes the next victim. Dr. Tessa McGowan had never seen anything quite like it. But the mutilated bodies on her exam table tell a stunningly macabre tale. Someone with a twisted mind is kidnapping women and altering their faces to resemble real, life-size dolls. As a forensic pathologist, it's her job to aid the agent leading the case--even if that agent is her estranged husband. Twelve years ago, an unspeakable tragedy destroyed Dakota Sharp's world. Haunted by the ghosts of his past, he's devoted himself to capturing killers. His only regret is that it cost him Tessa. Now, as the Dollmaker case brings them together--and raises his suspicions that he's crossed paths with this deranged psychopath before-- they may just have their second chance. But it seems Dakota's not the only one who wants to make Tessa his own . . . She may be the Dollmaker's next target, but Tessa has no intention of winding up as another toy on his shelf. Can she and Dakota stop this ghastly killer before his next deadly playdate?
Author: Richard Montanari Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 0316244724 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 496
Book Description
Detectives Byrne and Balzano return to the streets of Philadelphia to put an end to a macabre succession of murdered children. A quiet Philadelphia suburb. A woman cycles past a train depot with her young daughter. There she finds a murdered girl posed on a newly painted bench. Beside her is a formal invitation to a tea dance in a week's time. Seven days later, two more young victims are discovered in an abandoned house, posed on painted swings. At the scene is an identical invitation. This time, though, there is something extra waiting for Detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano: a delicate porcelain doll. It's a message. And a threat. With the killers at large, Detectives Byrne and Balzano have just seven more days to find the link between the murders before another innocent child is snatched from the streets.
Author: M. B. Goffstein Publisher: Sunburst ISBN: 9780374427405 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 64
Book Description
Goldie, the dollmaker, created each doll with great love and sincerity, and the pleasure from this and her acquisition of a lamp whose maker was equally careful made her poverty and loneliness bearable.
Author: Sashi Fridman Publisher: Merkos Publications ISBN: 9780826600400 Category : Dollmakers Languages : en Pages : 35
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"When Pogroms in Eastern Europe force little Nora's family to flee to America, they discover at the last moment that they haven't enough funds to pay for everyone's passage. One of them will have to stay behind. The decision is difficult, and Nora is to be left with a family friend, a kind doll maker who offers to care for her until they can earn enough money to pay for her journey. Nora's mother is beside herself, heartbroken about leaving her youngest--yet the devoted doll maker shows that good friends are priceless and that all obstacles can be overcome when there is a true desire to help another." -- Publisher
Author: Jess Brown Publisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 1452130183 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 139
Book Description
Designer Jess Brown is known for her irresistible, starry-eyed rag dolls. In this inspiring book, Brown shares a custom pattern and simple instructions to sew, personalize, and accessorize your own rag doll. Illustrating the story behind these dolls, the book places emphasis on natural materials, vintage fabrics, beautiful notions, and quality craftsmanship. Make the dolls for the children—of all ages—in your life to love now and cherish for decades. After making the doll, follow Brown's patterns for darling accessories such as an apron, overcoat, and knickers.
Author: Nina Allan Publisher: ISBN: 9780955526800 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 244
Book Description
The first collection from London writer Nina Allan is rooted squarely in both the meticulously observed modern world and the traditions of British Macabre and Slipstream writing. The stories are subtle and elegantly crafted, leading readers to question their own identities and take a second look at places they thought they knew.
Author: Claire Highton-Stevenson Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: 9781790206803 Category : Murder Languages : en Pages : 288
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A body turns up in a field. She's blonde and her eyes have been gouged out. DI Sophie Whitton knows it's him - The man the press has dubbed: The Doll Maker. Whitton and her team must act fast if they are to stop anyone else falling victim to The Doll Maker.With an innate need to seek the truth and find justice for the dead, DI Whitton risks losing it all, including her long-term relationship with live-in lover, Yvonne, as she strives to find a killer, and maybe even herself along the way.
Author: Harriette Arnow
Author: Harriette Arnow
Author: R. M. Romero
Author: Nina Allan
Author: Mary Burton
Author: Richard Montanari
Author: M. B. Goffstein
Author: Sashi Fridman
Author: Jess Brown
Author: Nina Allan
Author: Claire Highton-Stevenson