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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... legs happily catching the small breezes . He appeared to be kicking up his heels , about to break into a dance down Union , across the Arkansas River , and out over the prairie until he was just a speck of dust on the horizon among a ...
... legs happily catching the small breezes . He appeared to be kicking up his heels , about to break into a dance down Union , across the Arkansas River , and out over the prairie until he was just a speck of dust on the horizon among a ...
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... legs with a look suggesting his intent was far from playful . The baby in her arms , Bena walked outside to watch Ted feed his fish . He was trying out a new species - Lepomis macrochirus , or bluegill— after his failure with the ...
... legs with a look suggesting his intent was far from playful . The baby in her arms , Bena walked outside to watch Ted feed his fish . He was trying out a new species - Lepomis macrochirus , or bluegill— after his failure with the ...
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... legs over the parquet floor . Red gestured to the armchair . He crouched on an ottoman , pulling up the trouser legs of his blue suit . " You looked as if you needed rescuing . " " I understand you're somewhat of an expert , " Bena said ...
... legs over the parquet floor . Red gestured to the armchair . He crouched on an ottoman , pulling up the trouser legs of his blue suit . " You looked as if you needed rescuing . " " I understand you're somewhat of an expert , " Bena said ...
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THE STOLEN PILLBOX | 1 |
BUFFALO MASS SUICIDE | 26 |
THE WEDDING TENT | 45 |
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