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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... returned to the usual literary sources of erotica , books like The Summer of Mr. Hunter and A Kiss on Kiliman- jaro , stories that caused the breath to quicken and the knitting needles to clack furiously . He smiled at her . “ Good . I ...
... returned to the usual literary sources of erotica , books like The Summer of Mr. Hunter and A Kiss on Kiliman- jaro , stories that caused the breath to quicken and the knitting needles to clack furiously . He smiled at her . “ Good . I ...
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... returned home to her at night . And it was comfortable that way ; the silences were a cozy insulation from the windy , cutting truth of things . " What fools we are , " Bena said aloud , her voice fading before it could strike a wall ...
... returned home to her at night . And it was comfortable that way ; the silences were a cozy insulation from the windy , cutting truth of things . " What fools we are , " Bena said aloud , her voice fading before it could strike a wall ...
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... returned to the living room . She sat in a rocking chair with Little Ted in her lap , one of Florence's cast - off ... returning to True Confessions and her slow rocking . " He said he'd call back in an hour . .249 .
... returned to the living room . She sat in a rocking chair with Little Ted in her lap , one of Florence's cast - off ... returning to True Confessions and her slow rocking . " He said he'd call back in an hour . .249 .
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THE STOLEN PILLBOX | 1 |
BUFFALO MASS SUICIDE | 26 |
THE WEDDING TENT | 45 |
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