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The seamstress - Frances de Pontes Peebles
SUMMARY: Emília and Luzia dos Santos, orphaned when they are children, grow up under the protection of their aunt in the hillside village of Taquaritinga, Brazil. Raised as seamstr... -
The sanctuary sparrow_ the seve - Ellis Peters
EDITORIAL REVIEW: A paperback edition of a novel featuring Brother Cadfael. A young man pursued by a lynching mob seeks sanctuary at the Benedictine monastery in Shrewsbury. He is ... -
The rose rent_ the thirteenth c - Ellis Peters
SUMMARY: Judith Perle, a young widow who had greatly loved her husband, has conveyed one of her properties to the Abbey of Shrewsbury in return for the annual rent of one white ros... -
The minutes of the Lazarus Club - Tony Pollard
SUMMARY: 'Some of our ideas are not of the most orthodox nature. They would be frowned upon in anbsp;more traditional scientific environment, perhaps even laughed at.' London, 1857... -
The long road home - Danielle Steel
SUMMARY: Bestselling novelist Danielle Steel takes us on a harrowing journey into the heart of America's hidden shame in a novel that explores the power of forgiveness, the dark si... -
The housekeeper and the profess - Yoko Ogawa
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Ogawa (_The Diving Pool_) weaves a poignant tale of beauty, heart and sorrow in her exquisite new novel. Narrated by the Housekeeper, the char... -
The brazen gambit - Lynn Abbey; Brom
Pavek of Urik, templar of Hamanu and lower-level bureaucrat, has grown accustomed to the benefits of his station. Neither aggressive nor rebellious, he accepts his position, follow... -
The World House - Guy Adams
SUMMARY: There is a box. Inside that box is a door. Beyond that door is a house.In some rooms forests grow. In some, prisoners wait.At the top of the house, a prisoner sits behind ... -
The Woman Warrior_ Memoirs of a - Maxine Hong Kingston
Amazon.com ReviewThe Woman Warrior is a pungent, bitter, but beautifully written memoir of growing up Chinese American in Stockton, California. Maxine Hong Kingston (... -
