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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... inside the Pueblo Men's Social Club ) , was summoned to the plains to paint native flora on the walls and inside the three domes that each stretched seventy feet in diameter overhead . Formally opened on July 4 , 1891 , the Palace ...
... inside the Pueblo Men's Social Club ) , was summoned to the plains to paint native flora on the walls and inside the three domes that each stretched seventy feet in diameter overhead . Formally opened on July 4 , 1891 , the Palace ...
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... inside the shadows . She was wearing a long black dress that allowed her to hide beneath the imposing wing of rock . " Not like you to get nervous , Mary . " Red handed Bena the ruck- sack and took Betty's reins . " You're the one ...
... inside the shadows . She was wearing a long black dress that allowed her to hide beneath the imposing wing of rock . " Not like you to get nervous , Mary . " Red handed Bena the ruck- sack and took Betty's reins . " You're the one ...
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... inside now that the wall had been plastered . The entire building was suffocating , losing consciousness as its air supply was de- pleted and its brain hardened to marble and started to die . With no wind to sweep it clean , the stench ...
... inside now that the wall had been plastered . The entire building was suffocating , losing consciousness as its air supply was de- pleted and its brain hardened to marble and started to die . With no wind to sweep it clean , the stench ...
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THE STOLEN PILLBOX | 1 |
BUFFALO MASS SUICIDE | 26 |
THE WEDDING TENT | 45 |
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