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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... smiled at them , but none of them returned her smile . Two went into a bar called Buck's Silo ; the third slipped into the shadows of a side alley , where an unmarked door opened and received him . Bena paused in front of the Silver ...
... smiled at them , but none of them returned her smile . Two went into a bar called Buck's Silo ; the third slipped into the shadows of a side alley , where an unmarked door opened and received him . Bena paused in front of the Silver ...
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... smile left it unclear whether he was merely making an observation , or offering a light bit of criticism . " And don't let those Utes catch you with that dog . They'll put a curse on you to last five lifetimes . " Ted smiled . " You ...
... smile left it unclear whether he was merely making an observation , or offering a light bit of criticism . " And don't let those Utes catch you with that dog . They'll put a curse on you to last five lifetimes . " Ted smiled . " You ...
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... smiled . “ You're just tired . It's the mother's curse . I'll make you some tea and you'll see it's nothing but tiredness and nerves . " She set up cups on a metal tray with tiny , mismatched spoons . " You know , " she continued , " my ...
... smiled . “ You're just tired . It's the mother's curse . I'll make you some tea and you'll see it's nothing but tiredness and nerves . " She set up cups on a metal tray with tiny , mismatched spoons . " You know , " she continued , " my ...
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THE STOLEN PILLBOX | 1 |
BUFFALO MASS SUICIDE | 26 |
THE WEDDING TENT | 45 |
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