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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... once . She was Bena Ingrid Duse , who looked like a ravishing confection in her mousseline de soie wedding gown , whose veil was made of Italian lace that had belonged to her dead mother , whose bridesmaids were like exotic plants in ...
... once . She was Bena Ingrid Duse , who looked like a ravishing confection in her mousseline de soie wedding gown , whose veil was made of Italian lace that had belonged to her dead mother , whose bridesmaids were like exotic plants in ...
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... once at a county fair . She stared into something that looked like a bowling ball . ” " I don't doubt it was . " Mary traced the lines and rises in Bena's palm with her thumb . Bena had to struggle against the impulse to clamp her hand ...
... once at a county fair . She stared into something that looked like a bowling ball . ” " I don't doubt it was . " Mary traced the lines and rises in Bena's palm with her thumb . Bena had to struggle against the impulse to clamp her hand ...
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... Once . Once . Once , twice , three times . She stamped faster , then faster . " That two - pound buckle would strike , over and over and over again , " she announced , still pounding with her heel . “ Recognize the tune ? That is the ...
... Once . Once . Once , twice , three times . She stamped faster , then faster . " That two - pound buckle would strike , over and over and over again , " she announced , still pounding with her heel . “ Recognize the tune ? That is the ...
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THE STOLEN PILLBOX | 1 |
BUFFALO MASS SUICIDE | 26 |
THE WEDDING TENT | 45 |
Urheberrecht | |
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