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Daniel Cosío Villegas:

un protagonista de la etapa constructiva de la Revolución Mexicana

By: James W. Wilkie,Edna Monzón Wilkie

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Daniel Cosío Villegas:

un protagonista de la etapa constructiva de la Revolución Mexicana

By: James W. Wilkie,Edna Monzón Wilkie

Las entrevistas que el profesor de la Universidad de California en Berkeley, James J. Wilkie, y su esposa Edna Monzón Wilkie le hicieron a don Daniel en el año de 1964 no sólo constituyen un espléndido ejercicio de historia oral, a medio camino de la autobiografía y de las memorias tanto como del oficio de historiar, sino un material de lectura e investigación ineludible para quien aspire a estudiar con mayor hondura y alcance el periodo histórico en cuestión, al personaje protagonista, y a su trasfondo y paisaje. La entrevista aquí presentada, en edición y notas de Rafael Rodríguez Castañeda, Adolfo Castañón y Diego Flores Magón, formó parte en su origen de una obra de más amplia envergadura, editada hace más de quince años en 1995, en cuatro volúmenes e incluía a otros dieciséis protagonistas de aquella etapa constructiva de la Revolución Mexicana. En el curso a la par simpático y acucioso de este ensayo impecable de historia oral, pautado por las preguntas hechas por los investigadores, va reconstruyéndose el itinerario, los años de formación y de aprendizaje, las ideas rectoras y la génesis de este eminente historiador, investigador, escritor, maestro y creador de instituciones, "caudillo y empresario cultural" (para aludir a las expresiones acuñadas por su biógrafo Enrique Krauze), que fue don Daniel Cosío Villegas.

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El Colegio de Mexico AC

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6074625506

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9786074625509

A Fatal Pickup

The brutal wartime murder that shocked two nations

By: Edna Gammon

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A Fatal Pickup

The brutal wartime murder that shocked two nations

By: Edna Gammon

On an October night in 1944 on a lonely highway on the outskirts of London, a young soldier who had deserted from the US Army and his teenage partner hijacked a hire car and robbed and brutally murdered the unsuspecting driver. The case made headlines on both sides of the Atlantic and was seen by the Germans, who were on the retreat from the Allies after D-Day, as a valuable means of encouraging hostility between Britain and the USA. 22-year-old Karl Gustav Hulten went to the gallows a few months later for his crime; when his 18-year-old accomplice, Elizabeth Maude Jones, was spared the same fate at the eleventh hour by a compassionate Home Secretary, it caused public outrage. Edna Gammon was a young girl when the killing took place, but she well remembers the case. She has now pieced together the full story, complete with a full account of the subsequent trial, for this book.ÿ

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Mereo Books, mereobook, mereobooks

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1861514026

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9781861514028

Celluloid Singapore

Cinema, Performance and the National

By: Edna Lim

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Celluloid Singapore

Cinema, Performance and the National

By: Edna Lim

Examines how pre-modernist conceptions and social organizations of pleasure have impacted post-WWII film

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474435408

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9781474435406

Once Upon an Eskimo Time

By: Edna Wilder

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Once Upon an Eskimo Time

By: Edna Wilder

Continuing the sacred tradition of her ancestors, in Once Upon an Eskimo Time Edna Wilder retells a year in her Eskimo mother’s life. Wilder eloquently captures the oral storytelling traditions of her people, and she employs descriptions of the weather and harsh climates of Alaska’s Norton Sound to illustrate the hardiness of her mother’s spirit. Family values, subsistence living, and the cycle’s of life form a narrative that captures the now-vanished lifestyle along the Bering Sea. “Readers of whatever age will enjoy Nedercook’s delightful account of the day-to-day, legends, and beliefs of the ancient Eskimo village of Rocky Point.”—Ames Tribune

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University of Alaska Press

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1602231141

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9781602231146

On the Edge of the Holocaust

The Shoah in Latin American Literature and Culture

By: Edna Aizenberg

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On the Edge of the Holocaust

The Shoah in Latin American Literature and Culture

By: Edna Aizenberg

Sheds new light on the views and attitudes of Latin American writers during the Nazi era

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Brandeis University Press

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1611688566

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9781611688566

The Homely Heroine

By: Edna Ferber

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The Homely Heroine

By: Edna Ferber

The Homely Heroine" is a short story by American author Edna Ferber. It features a writer whose heroines are generally extremely beautiful. But one day, whilst she is out shopping, a shop-keeper asks her why she doesn’t write stories about a homelier heroine. "The Homely Heroine" is followed by "A Bush League Hero," "What she Wore," and "The Man Who Came Back." Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American author. Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and of Jewish descent, she suffered a lot from antisemitism, especially as a child, and was riddled with fear as she witness the Nazi Party party rise in Germany and gain followers across the Western world. Ferber won the Pulitzer Prize twice, in 1924 with her novel "So Big" and in 1926 with "Show Boat". Furthermore, her novels "Cimarron" (1930), "Giant" (1952), "Ice Palace" (1958) were each adapted to film. Her novels are remembered and celebrated for their strong female characters and their unique rendering of their American setting.

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Lindhardt og Ringhof

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8726553619

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9788726553611

International Student Mobility and Access to Higher Education

By: Or Shkoler,Edna Rabenu,Paul M.W. Hackett,Paul M. Capobianco

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International Student Mobility and Access to Higher Education

By: Or Shkoler,Edna Rabenu,Paul M.W. Hackett,Paul M. Capobianco

This book offers a comprehensive look into issues and trends driving international student mobility as the phenomenon becomes increasingly prevalent worldwide. Chapters first present an expanded definition of student mobility in the context of internationalization and go on to discuss the underlying motivations, issues, and challenges students face in attaining successful outcomes. The authors employ marketing concepts to illustrate ideas and recommendations for better attracting and integrating international students into academic institutions abroad with the goal of greater satisfaction for students and improved profitability for the universities they attend.

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246

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Springer Nature

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3030441393

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9783030441395

Love Kills

A Britt Montero Novel

By: Edna Buchanan

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Love Kills

A Britt Montero Novel

By: Edna Buchanan

The recently discovered remains of a controversial kidnapper and a groom with the habit of losing his brides puts reporter Britt Montero on a collision course with danger and her one-time rival in love, Lieutenant K.C. Riley.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416525831

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9781416525837

Gigolo - An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection

With an Introduction by Rogers Dickinson

By: Edna Ferber

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Gigolo - An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection

With an Introduction by Rogers Dickinson

By: Edna Ferber

Handsome mechanics, struggling actresses, unhappy couples, and seemingly successful businessmen, Gigolo is an Edna Ferber short story collection that recounts the quiet private lives of everyday Americans. First published in 1922, Gigolo contains eight short stories that give a remarkable insight into life in 1910s America. The aftermath of the war, the glamour of Hollywood, and women’s long-awaited right to vote have had varying effects on the characters Edna Ferber presents in this masterful collection. This volume features eight short stories: - ‘The Afternoon of a Faun’ - ‘‘Old Man Minick’ - ‘‘Gigolo’ - ‘‘Not a Day Over Twenty-One’ - ‘‘Home Girl’ - ‘‘Ain’t Nature Wonderful!’ - ‘‘The Sudden Sixties’ - ‘‘If I Should Ever Travel!’ Read & Co. Classics have proudly republished Gigolo - An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection in a brand new edition, complete with an introduction by Rogers Dickinson. This volume is not one to be missed by fans of the famous Jazz Age writer.

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163

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Read Books Ltd

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1528798163

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9781528798167

Cheerful - By Request - An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection

With an Introduction by Rogers Dickinson

By: Edna Ferber

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Cheerful - By Request - An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection

With an Introduction by Rogers Dickinson

By: Edna Ferber

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Edna Ferber, this collection of short stories features the tales of many brave, charming women who will stay with you long after you’ve set this volume down. Set in Chicago in the early 1910s, these 12 short stories mostly feature everyday American women. Edna Ferber was a humorous, witty writer with excellent skill for capturing the small details of normal life. Her writing is sometimes sad and at other times comedic, but her stories are always memorable. This volume features 12 short stories: - ‘Cheerful by Request’ - ‘The Gay Old Dog’ - ‘The Tough Guy’ - ‘The Eldest’ - ‘That's Marriage’ - ‘The Woman Who Tried to Be Good’ - ‘The Girl Who Went Right’ - ‘The Hooker-Up-the-Back’ - ‘The Guiding Miss Gowd’ - ‘Sophy-As-She-Might-Have-Been’ - ‘The Three of Them’ - ‘Shore Leave’ First published in 1918, Cheerful - By Request is now in a brand new edition featuring an introductory excerpt by Rogers Dickinson. This insightful collection of short stories by Edna Ferber is not to be missed by collectors of the Algonquin Round Table writers’ work.

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Read Books Ltd

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1528798139

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9781528798136

The Daughter's Influence in the Home Circle

By: Edna Harrington

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The Daughter's Influence in the Home Circle

By: Edna Harrington

Reprint of the original. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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325

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3382100347

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9783382100346

The Country Girls: Three Novels and an Epilogue

(The Country Girl; The Lonely Girl; Girls in Their Married Bliss; Epilogue)

By: Edna O'Brien

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The Country Girls: Three Novels and an Epilogue

(The Country Girl; The Lonely Girl; Girls in Their Married Bliss; Epilogue)

By: Edna O'Brien

A treasure of world literature back in print, featuring a new introduction by Eimear McBride This omnibus edition includes the novels The Country Girls, The Lonely Girl, and Girls in Their Married Bliss. The country girls are Caithleen “Kate” Brady and Bridget “Baba” Brennan, and their story begins in the repressive atmosphere of a small village in the west of Ireland in the years following World War II. Kate is a romantic, looking for love; Baba is a survivor. Setting out to conquer the bright lights of Dublin, they are rewarded with comical miscommunications, furtive liaisons, bad faith, bad luck, bad sex, and compromise; marrying for the wrong reasons, betraying for the wrong reasons, fighting in their separate ways against the overwhelming wave of expectations forced upon "girls" of every era. The Country Girls Trilogy and Epilogue charts unflinchingly the pattern of women’s lives, from the high spirits of youth to the chill of middle age, from hope to despair, in remarkable prose swinging from blunt and brutal to whimsical and lyrical. It is a saga both painful and hilarious, and remains one of the major accomplishments of Edna O’Brien’s extraordinary career.

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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0374718024

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9780374718022

One Basket

By: Edna Ferber

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One Basket

By: Edna Ferber

A rich, varied, and brilliant collection of some of the most-loved stories from one of America's favorite writers, chosen by the author herself, Pulitzer Prize winner Edna Ferber. At eighteen, Edna Ferber was the only female reporter on a big, tough, midwestern daily, covering everything from fires and accidents, to divorces and murders. It was here that she learned how to write and spin the raw material from her own life into numerous fascinating stories, novels, and plays. Increasing in number over the course of a long and glorious career, One Basket collects these beloved stories that, like her novels, present Ferber's brilliant cross-section of American life.

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745

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Vintage

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034580578X

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9780345805782

In the Forest

A Novel

By: Edna O'Brien

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In the Forest

A Novel

By: Edna O'Brien

In the Forest is a newly reissued edition of the terrifying novel from "one of the greatest writers in the English-speaking world" (The New York Times), Edna O'Brien. "O'Brien brings together the earthy and delicately poetic: she has the sound of Molly Bloom and the skills of Virginia Woolf." —Newsweek O'Brien takes her reader into the mind of Michen O'Kane, a murder who terrorizes the countryside of western Ireland, and traces his transformation from a neglected child to a twisted killer. In the Forest is based on a true story of local horror, and O'Brien provides fragments of O'Kane's story while leaving her reader to try and make sense of his psyche.

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234

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Macmillan + ORM

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0374721459

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9780374721459

Lantern Slides

Stories

By: Edna O'Brien

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Lantern Slides

Stories

By: Edna O'Brien

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction “Superb...[Lantern Slides] continues the quest for origin and explanation that has preoccupied O’Brien...Her stories unearth the primeval feelings buried just below the surface of nostalgia, using memories to illuminate both what is ridiculous and what is heroic about passion.” —David Leavitt, The New York Times Book Review “Her stories are brilliantly realized and often very funny...O’Brien is quite simply one of the finest short story writers of our time.” —Joyce Carol Oates A newly reissued collection of stories from the author of Girl, “one of the most celebrated writers in the English language” (NPR’s Weekend Edition) In twelve stories peopled with deeply etched characters, whom we come to know instantly and intimately, Lantern Slides reveals the wit and passion of a master of the short fiction form. Rich and humorous, full of struggle and boldness, these stories are a singular reflection of Edna O’Brien’s artistry.

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Macmillan + ORM

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0374721521

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9780374721527

So Big (A Novel)

"Winner of the Pulitzer Prize"

By: Edna Ferber

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So Big (A Novel)

"Winner of the Pulitzer Prize"

By: Edna Ferber

So Big is a 1924 novel written by Edna Ferber. The book was inspired by the life of Antje Paarlberg in the Dutch community of South Holland, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. It won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1925. The story follows the life of a young woman, Selina Peake De Jong, who decides to be a school teacher in farming country. During her stay on the Pool family farm, she encourages the young Roelf Pool to follow his interests, which include art. Upon his mother's death, Roelf runs away to France. Meanwhile, Selina marries a Dutch farmer named Pervus. They have a child together, Dirk, whom she nicknames "So Big," from the common question and answer "How big is baby? " "So-o-o-o big!". Pervus becomes ill and dies, and Selina is forced to take over working on the farm to give Dirk a future. As Dirk gets older, he works as an architect but is more interested in making money than creating buildings and becomes a stock broker, much to his mother's disappointment. His love interest, Dallas O'Mara, an acclaimed artist, echoes this sentiment by trying to convince Dirk that there is more to life than money. Much later in life, Selina is visited by Roelf Pool, who has since become a famous sculptor. Dirk grows very distressed when, after visiting his mother's farm, he realizes that Dallas and Roelf love each other and he cannot compete with the artistically minded sculptor. In the end, Dirk comes to appreciate the wisdom of his mother, who always valued aesthetics and beauty even as she scraped out a living in a stern Dutch community. Ultimately, Dirk is left alone in his sumptuous apartment, saddened by his abandonment of artistic values.

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E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books

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6257959950

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9786257959957

Sis

By: Edna Romero

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Sis

By: Edna Romero

A very special novel written for a sister by her sister about sisters. I have mixed our lives and families in fictious ways strictly for entertainment and pleasure.

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iUniverse

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1469723360

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9781469723365

Britt Montero Series

Contents Under Pressure; Miami, It's Murder; Suitable for Framing; Act of Betrayal; and Margin of Error

By: Edna Buchanan

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Britt Montero Series

Contents Under Pressure; Miami, It's Murder; Suitable for Framing; Act of Betrayal; and Margin of Error

By: Edna Buchanan

In one volume, the first five novels in the “irresistible series” starring a Miami crime reporter, from an Edgar Award–nominated author (Kirkus Reviews). Being a crime reporter amid the sun and sin of Miami is a full-time job, one that Cuban-born Britt Montero does better than anyone else. But when you get that close to the criminal underworld, things have a way of sucking you in. In these five novels of suspense, New York Times–bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Edna Buchanan sets her heroine loose on some of the most highly charged crimes in Miami, and reminds readers that you don’t necessarily have to live to make the front page . . . Includes: Contents Under Pressure; Miami, It’s Murder; Suitable for Framing; Act of Betrayal; Margin of Error “[An] extremely likable heroine.” —Publishers Weekly

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1626

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Diversion Books

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1626815119

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9781626815117

High Note

By: Edna Mae Holm

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High Note

By: Edna Mae Holm

Armed with a music scholarship, beautiful and ambitious Viveka Hanson heads to Chicago to begin a professional singing career. Viveka is eager to leave her sheltered home as a minister’s daughter, but her dreams of finding love and excitement in the big city are dashed as she is barraged with rejection, betrayal, and a frightening stalker. Viveka's odyssey through the minefield of professional music snakes through the social changes of post World War II America. Will a long-held family secret destroy her very identity?

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209

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Xlibris Corporation

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1493114727

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9781493114726

Joy Like No Other

By: Edna Lee Allen

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Joy Like No Other

By: Edna Lee Allen

Along with her two sisters, Joy flees a cruel life for one with promise. With a mail-order bride agreement in hand, she soon discovers a father has grossly exaggerated his son's integrity. Knowing she can never return home, what will she do and will she ever find love?

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169

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Pelican Ventures Book Group

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1522302239

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9781522302230

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