... the original pueblo that had cost fifty dollars were subdivided into five new lots and sold , days later , for three hundred dollars apiece . Local dentists , waitresses , hotel bellboys , policemen , and mechanics made swan dives ...
Four years after she set sail from England, leaving everything she most loved behind, Maisie Dobbs at last returns, only to find herself in a dangerous place .
Early in her powerful, affecting debut, Desautels writes: “I always mention gratitude because/people like that ending.” Unflinching in its candor, this is the story of a woman with two swellings in her belly: a nascent baby, and a ...
It is the story of the women who died at their hands. It is the story of the women who survived them, and who had the courage to ensure justice was done. And it is the story of a father, told by a son.
A Dangerous Place
... play ' Tis Pity in favour of the impulsive suggestion of The Royal Slave . It may be that there was some trivial reason for Dean's dislike of Webster's play but I repeated what seemed to me the salient comparisons between the days of ...
Four years after she set sail from England, leaving everything she most loved behind, Maisie Dobbs at last returns, only to find herself in a dangerous place In Jacqueline Winspear's powerful story of political intrigue and personal tragedy ...