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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... imagine how excited she was . She planned a party for the day the baby grand arrived on the eastern ex- press , during which she intended to play a brief selection of the pieces she'd mastered . The piano teacher sent a note at the last ...
... imagine how excited she was . She planned a party for the day the baby grand arrived on the eastern ex- press , during which she intended to play a brief selection of the pieces she'd mastered . The piano teacher sent a note at the last ...
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... 't you think it's odd that what women refer to as ' the curse ' is actually the undeniable absence of pregnancy ? Seems it might more rightly be the other way around . " " I would imagine it depends on what a person's · 161 ·
... 't you think it's odd that what women refer to as ' the curse ' is actually the undeniable absence of pregnancy ? Seems it might more rightly be the other way around . " " I would imagine it depends on what a person's · 161 ·
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... Little Ted in one of Red's Indian blankets , to keep him from catching cold . She heard Red's voice through the kitchen door . " The view's a little better from back here . " " I don't know , Henry . I can't imagine - 289 .
... Little Ted in one of Red's Indian blankets , to keep him from catching cold . She heard Red's voice through the kitchen door . " The view's a little better from back here . " " I don't know , Henry . I can't imagine - 289 .
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THE STOLEN PILLBOX | 1 |
BUFFALO MASS SUICIDE | 26 |
THE WEDDING TENT | 45 |
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