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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... pressed her mouth against the ends of his fingers , catching the water as he lifted his hands . It tasted of metal . Under the outcropping , a door opened . " Thought maybe you'd forgotten about me . " It was a woman's voice , viscous ...
... pressed her mouth against the ends of his fingers , catching the water as he lifted his hands . It tasted of metal . Under the outcropping , a door opened . " Thought maybe you'd forgotten about me . " It was a woman's voice , viscous ...
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... pressed it be- tween her breasts . Bena sensed Mary's lungs fill and empty , her heart thump distantly . Mary hummed a single , low note that vibrated in the well of her rib cage , a train approaching but never coming closer than far ...
... pressed it be- tween her breasts . Bena sensed Mary's lungs fill and empty , her heart thump distantly . Mary hummed a single , low note that vibrated in the well of her rib cage , a train approaching but never coming closer than far ...
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... pressed her lips to his forehead . " He doesn't do anything , " Bena said . “ All he does is eat . " Maude pressed her nose against the baby's forehead . " Think he's hungry now ? " She straightened and lifted her shirt , and Bena saw ...
... pressed her lips to his forehead . " He doesn't do anything , " Bena said . “ All he does is eat . " Maude pressed her nose against the baby's forehead . " Think he's hungry now ? " She straightened and lifted her shirt , and Bena saw ...
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THE STOLEN PILLBOX | 1 |
BUFFALO MASS SUICIDE | 26 |
THE WEDDING TENT | 45 |
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