Overview: Detective Mark Benemonti is still getting over his last relationship when he meets Sterling Steele - a Greek God in sweat pants - in his local park, and is instantly smitten. Mark knows that Sterling would never lie to him like his ex-boyfriend did. He's just too sweet and innocent. Right?
The Ruby Slippers
โ Scribed by Alexander, Keir
- Book ID
- 107772399
- Publisher
- Constable & Robinson
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 312 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781472108074
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Bursting with atmosphere, an unforgettable cast of characters, and set against a New York skyline, The Ruby Slippers is a sweeping story of hidden treasures, forgotten histories, lost connections, and the search for true meaning: rich in imagination - read it and feel a million dollars.
Old Rosa the bag lady shuffles along the streets of New York, stinking, silent and shunned by man and beast. Time and again her nephew, Michael Marcinkus the grocer, has tried to help โ but Rosa remains unknowable, hushed inside her hulk.
On the day of the St Patrick's Day Parade, Rosa is in a terrible accident. As she lies in a coma, Mr Marcinkus visits her squalid flat and unearths something remarkable from the monstrous piles of junk: two glittering pieces of Hollywood history. How on earth does decrepit old Rosa come to own such treasure? And what is to be done with them now?
Word of Rosa's 'Ruby Millions' soon gets out, and these old articles of faith...
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