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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... keep it from doing otherwise . She recalled a conversation she'd had recently with Ham about the drought , the lack of crops and lack of feed , and thus the farmers ' inability to keep their cattle from starving . As a mercy measure ...
... keep it from doing otherwise . She recalled a conversation she'd had recently with Ham about the drought , the lack of crops and lack of feed , and thus the farmers ' inability to keep their cattle from starving . As a mercy measure ...
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... keep the silty tobacco from blowing away . " I don't suppose I could ever coax you to tell me the real story , " Bena said . He made a shelter out of his shirt and hid his head inside . She saw the flame blaze through the fabric ...
... keep the silty tobacco from blowing away . " I don't suppose I could ever coax you to tell me the real story , " Bena said . He made a shelter out of his shirt and hid his head inside . She saw the flame blaze through the fabric ...
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... keep from calling attention to herself . Most of the houses were empty because of the outbreak of rattle- snakes . Gerta's sure - shooting had brought to extinction only her lawn , the spray of bullets failing to put even the slightest ...
... keep from calling attention to herself . Most of the houses were empty because of the outbreak of rattle- snakes . Gerta's sure - shooting had brought to extinction only her lawn , the spray of bullets failing to put even the slightest ...
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THE STOLEN PILLBOX | 1 |
BUFFALO MASS SUICIDE | 26 |
THE WEDDING TENT | 45 |
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