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Author: John Carroll Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1481711466 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 639
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In the summer of 1930, the last few dozen inhabitants of the lonely island of St. Kilda are evacuated. The government finds most of the islanders forestry jobs on the Scottish mainland. However, one of the leaders of the evacuation offers a young woman named Jenny a job on an industrialist's estate in South Wales. While living on the estate Jenny learns that the wealthy man's plans for her were fashioned by his mysterious mistress, a woman named Giovanna. Jenny proves to be too forceful a peronality to control, and she begins to discover the secrets of Giovanna's past and the woman's hold on her former lover.
Author: John Carroll Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1481711466 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 639
Book Description
In the summer of 1930, the last few dozen inhabitants of the lonely island of St. Kilda are evacuated. The government finds most of the islanders forestry jobs on the Scottish mainland. However, one of the leaders of the evacuation offers a young woman named Jenny a job on an industrialist's estate in South Wales. While living on the estate Jenny learns that the wealthy man's plans for her were fashioned by his mysterious mistress, a woman named Giovanna. Jenny proves to be too forceful a peronality to control, and she begins to discover the secrets of Giovanna's past and the woman's hold on her former lover.
Author: Paola Corso Publisher: Terrace Books ISBN: 9780299212841 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 156
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These ten magical stories are primarily set in Pittsburgh-area river towns, where Italian American women and girls draw from their culture and folklore to bring life and a sense of wonder to a seemingly barren region of the Rust Belt. Each story catapults the ordinary into something original and unpredictable. A skeptical journalist scopes out the bar where the town mayor, in seemingly perfect health, is drinking with his buddies and celebrating what he claims is the last day of his life. A woman donates her dead mother’s clothes to a thrift shop but learns that their destiny is not what she expected. A ten-year-old girl wrestles with the facts of life as she watches her neighbor struggle to get pregnant while her teenage sister finds it all too easy. A high school girl hallucinates in a steamy hospital laundry room and discovers she can see her coworkers’ futures. A developer’s wrecking ball is no match for the legend of Giovanna’s green thumb in the title story “Giovanna’s 86 Circles.” Quirky and profound, Corso’s magical leaps uncover the everyday poetry of these women’s lives. Finalist for the John Gardner Fiction Book Award Selected for “Best Short Stories of 2005” in Montserrat Review Best Books for Regional Special Interests, selected by the American Association of School Librarians, and Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the Public Library Association Sons of Italy National Book Club Selection
Author: Marjorie Bowen Publisher: DigiCat ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 359
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Because of These Things by Marjorie Bowen is about Francis Moutray and Mr. Middleton's voyage to Bologna. Excerpt: "The coach, that had been slowly proceeding through the starless Italian night by the light of the two lanterns either side of the box seat came to a stop, with a violent jolt, and lurched heavily to one side on the cumbrous leather straps. Guard, postilion, and coachman dismounted, and their short, vigorous Italian curses disturbed the heavy, warm stillness."
Author: Stacy Campbell Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1593095988 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 240
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Antoinette 'Toni' Williams is beyond cloud nine. A successful architect, she is set to marry the love of her life, Lamonte Dunlap, Jr. But on the morning of her engagement party, Toni's world comes crashing down when her family's long-held secret of mental illness is exposed on the front page of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Author: Maria Riva Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1639361405 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 448
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A richly imagined portrait of an immigrant woman in the heady and unpredictable first half of the twentieth century. Sweeping and panoramic, You Were There Before My Eyes is the epic and intimate story of a young woman who chafes at the stifling routine and tradition of her small, turn-of-the-century Italian village. When an opportunity presents itself for her to emigrate to America, her hunger for escape compels her to leave everything behind for the gleaming promises that await her and her young husband in Mr. Ford’s factories. Determined to survive, and perhaps even thrive, young Jane finds herself navigating not just a new language and country, but a world poised upon the edge of economic and social revolution—and war. As Jane searches for inner fulfillment while building young family, the tide of history ebbs and flows. From the chaos of Ellis Island to the melting pot of industrial Detroit, You Were There Before My Eyes spills over with colorful characters and vivid period details. Maria Riva paints an authentic portrait of immigrant America and poignantly captures the ever evolving nature of the American dream.
Author: Mrs. Oliphant Publisher: Read Books Ltd ISBN: 1528780191 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 420
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Margaret Oliphant's Whiteladies was originally published in 1875. Miss Susan Austin is a woman of scrupulous virtue and a fine lady. However, she is compelled to commit a mean and dishonourable action which haunts her like a ghostly presence for the rest of her life. Margaret Oliphant was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, who usually wrote as Mrs. Oliphant. During her career she wrote more than 120 works, including novels travelogues, histories and volumes of literary criticism. Two of her better-known fictional works are Miss Marjoribanks (1866) and Phoebe Junior (1876). Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, with a new introductory biography.
Author: E. S. Pidgeon Publisher: WestBow Press ISBN: 1490839534 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 389
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For the Love of Money is based on the true story of an aging spinster and her infirm, mentally-challenged brother who become involved with a mother-son duo seeking to acquire the assets of the wealthy pair. It is a complicated story with tension, intrigue, and surprising twists. A conscientious but nave trustee, Peter Spencer, tries to protect his two elderly clients, who have become unsuspecting pawns in a game of greed, control, and mental abuse. Committed to standing on principle, the trustee is confronted with dangerous and difficult choices. He steps into a hornets nest and puts his own life in chaos and jeopardy. Truth and justice are not always the worlds bottom line, and Peter unearths disturbing insights into the legal world. Three separate legal cases ensue, one of which becomes precedent-setting.
Author: David Glover Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1503510093 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 345
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Cocktail Conversations is one of the most relevant books coming out since the Bible. You will be hard pressed to find a book that everyone can identify with when it involves relationships, friendships, family, work, health, education, loyalty, mistrust, child drama, and the dating game. This book will address seventy-seven scenarios and much feedback given back from followers of Cocktail Conversations; these perspectives are very diverse, and they force you to see different viewpoints to the same situation. You are able to identify how individuals relate their perceptions based on their experiences. This book will open up opportunities for discussions, which will lead to growth and learning.
Author: Derek Johns Publisher: Harvill Secker ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 166
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He finally goes, taking with him a line drawing of Beatrice, a drawing that quickly assumes a life of its own in his imagination. So now Jonathan is looking for something more-love and self-fulfilment.
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