The Mineral PalaceG.P. Putman's Sons, 2000 - 325 Seiten "To distract herself, Bena accepts a part-time position as a society reporter for the local paper, following the activities of the town's elite club women - women such as Reimer Lee Jackson, with her plans to restore a crumbling monument to the mining industry, the Mineral Palace, to its former grandeur. Soon Bena finds herself drawn to the seamier side of Pueblo, to a run-down saloon, where she befriends Red Grissom, a taciturn rancher, and to the lurid halls of a rooming house, where she encounters a pregnant prostitute, Maude Hewitt. The question of the unborn baby's paternity leads Bena to uncover not only the sexual corruption on which an entire town is founded, but also the lies that enclose her own marriage and her role as mother. As the two women's lives converge, in ways that shock, Bena is compelled to return to the decaying architecture of the Mineral Palace. |
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... felt responsible for their living in Pueblo ; he felt responsible for her unhappiness . Bena knew no one except the women at the Now - A - Day Club , women who were new mothers but absent ones , preferring to leave their babies all day ...
... felt responsible for their living in Pueblo ; he felt responsible for her unhappiness . Bena knew no one except the women at the Now - A - Day Club , women who were new mothers but absent ones , preferring to leave their babies all day ...
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... felt crusher . She'd pushed it low over her face so that only her mouth was visible . " Having a look at the sunset . Henry finds it touching that a girl as thick as me could care about something so trite . " She made a motion to Bena ...
... felt crusher . She'd pushed it low over her face so that only her mouth was visible . " Having a look at the sunset . Henry finds it touching that a girl as thick as me could care about something so trite . " She made a motion to Bena ...
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... felt the same scared excitement she'd felt those mornings when she and her brother rolled the Ingrid Duse down the rusty rails until her hull touched water . Bena was in charge of stowing the sandwiches and securing the centerboard ...
... felt the same scared excitement she'd felt those mornings when she and her brother rolled the Ingrid Duse down the rusty rails until her hull touched water . Bena was in charge of stowing the sandwiches and securing the centerboard ...
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THE STOLEN PILLBOX | 1 |
BUFFALO MASS SUICIDE | 26 |
THE WEDDING TENT | 45 |
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