An emotional tale of family secrets spanning three generations. Mary Ann survives the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s and lives on to become matriarch of the McNamara family. This solid rock of a woman is the person they all turn to when in need of refuge, understanding, and a dose of wisdom. What
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A rich, moving, sweeping novel about a family forced to escape Krakow during the Holocaust When Alicia and her family are forced to flee Krakow to escape the Nazis, they leave behind all their possessions, including Aliciaโs most prized object โ the portrait her father commissioned of her.
The stories in this series are enriched by editors' notes and Zelazny's own words, taken from his many essays, describing why he wrote the stories and what he thought about them in retrospect.
{ NOV 2021 - Verified ebook for complete book description, cover, table of contents, separation of book (front/ back matter, parts, and chapters), and epub format error checking. } Paperback, 568 pages Published: 1981 Edition: Picador USA (2008) Greatest Books (amalgamated list of best books)
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**This brilliant collection mixes the storytelling originality of George Saunders and Lydia Davis with a sensibility all its own, taking the reader on an extraordinary tour of an old and a new Australia.** A woman on a passenger ship in 1958 gets involved with a young, wild Barry Humphries. A man
As trรชs mulheres da famรญlia Beauchamp escondem um segredo: sรฃo feiticeiras poderosas, hรก sรฉculos proibidas de usar sua magia. Joanna consegue ressuscitar os mortos e curar feridas graves; Ingrid prevรช o futuro e tece nรณs que podem resolvem qualquer problema; e Freya tem um encantamento que certament
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Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons is a curious time to have a craving for tea. It could only happen to the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his curious comrades in arms as they hurtle across space powered by pure improbability--and desperately in search of a place to eat. Am
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