### Although known as one of the most scrupulously accurate of the "hard science" writers, someone careful to always get the scientific details right, Hal Clement also has a rich and lively imagination, especially when it comes to alien lifeforms, and he has created some of the most memorable alie
The Current Rate of Exchange
โ Scribed by Jacqueline T. Lynch
- Publisher
- Jacqueline T. Lynch
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 162 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Rose, a tall, bumbling American woman travels to New Zealand to re-establish ties with her late mother's family and begins the adventure of her life. If she can survive it.
Armed with old family letters, she retraces her mother's footsteps as a young woman during World War II as a government agricultural worker--or Land Girl--and a war bride when Rose's father landed in New Zealand with the U.S. Marines.
The Current Rate of Exchange is a humorous, heartwarming, and poignant tale of what it means to reconnect, to discover, and to forgive.
Rose unexpectedly becomes involved in the family problems of her cousin Nora; her sudden romance with the handsome, troubled manager of the family farm wasn't on the agenda, either.
If you like the romance of travel, the adventure of unexpected delights--and the delight of unexpected romance--pack up your dreams and follow Rose on her quest for closure. But will she be able to retrace her...
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**"_The Current_ is a rare creature: a gripping thriller and page-turner but also a masterwork of mood and language--a meditation on memory and time. You'll want to go fast at the same time you'll be compelled to savor each and every word." --Ivy Pochoda, author of _Wonder Valley_ Tim Johnston, wh