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A Star For Mrs Blake
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Author : April Smith
language : en
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date : 2014-01-14
A Star For Mrs Blake written by April Smith and has been published by Knopf this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-14 with Fiction categories.
The United States Congress in 1929 passed legislation to fund travel for mothers of the fallen soldiers of World War I to visit their sons’ graves in France. Over the next three years, 6,693 Gold Star Mothers made the trip. In this emotionally charged, brilliantly realized novel, April Smith breathes life into a unique moment in American history, imagining the experience of five of these women. They are strangers at the start, but their lives will become inextricably intertwined, altered in indelible ways. These very different Gold Star Mothers travel to the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery to say final good-byes to their sons and come together along the way to face the unexpected: a death, a scandal, and a secret revealed. None of these pilgrims will be as affected as Cora Blake, who has lived almost her entire life in a small fishing village off the coast of Maine, caring for her late sister’s three daughters, hoping to fill the void left by the death of her son, Sammy, who was killed on a scouting mission during the final days of the war. Cora believes she is managing as well as can be expected in the midst of the Depression, but nothing has prepared her for what lies ahead on this unpredictable journey, including an extraordinary encounter with an expatriate American journalist, Griffin Reed, who was wounded in the trenches and hides behind a metal mask, one of hundreds of “tin noses” who became symbols of the war. With expert storytelling, memorable characters, and beautiful prose, April Smith gives us a timeless story, by turns heartwarming and heartbreaking, set against a footnote of history––little known, yet unforgettable. This ebook edition includes a Reading Group Guide.
A Star For Mrs Blake
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Author : April Smith
language : en
Publisher: Center Point
Release Date : 2014
A Star For Mrs Blake written by April Smith and has been published by Center Point this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Fiction categories.
Meeting for the first time for a shared pilgrimage to France to visit the graves of their World War I soldier sons, an Irish maid, a chicken farmer's wife, a Boston socialite, a former tennis star and a librarian meet a brutally scarred journalist before confronting a shocking secret set against a lesser-known historical event. (historical fiction). Simultaneous.
Why
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Author : Marvin V. Blake
language : en
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Release Date : 2015-04-08
Why written by Marvin V. Blake and has been published by Page Publishing Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-08 with Fiction categories.
“WHY”, is an epic story, 1838 – 1863, chronicling the lives of two sisters, one white, the other black, both born in 1847, three days apart, on Virginia’s wealthy Rosewood Plantation. The white sister is the child of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Billings, Master and Mistress of Rosewood, one of the richest cotton plantations in the state of Virginia. The black girl is the issue of the mating of Henry Billings, the Master of the Rosewood Plantation, and one of his female black slaves. While growing up together, one a slave the other her mistress, in the slave holding antebellum South, sharing many childhood experiences, the girls are forced to adhere to the harsh rules, and laws that separate white from black. Henry and Margaret Billings, Master and Mistress of the plantation, hire a recent college graduate, Miss Eleanor Leary, a young progressive, Irish immigrant, to tutor their children, Rebecca and her brother, Jesse Despite her fear of breaking the laws that prohibit the teaching of slaves to read and write, Eleanor, at Rebecca’s request, decides to include the black slave girl Mandy in their sessions. A whole new world is opened for Mandy. Through the teachings and the eyes of the white teacher, Mandy slowly, gradually, discards her insidious, lifelong feelings of racial inferiority, and self-loathing. Feelings and assumptions that Mandy had harbored and accepted from birth were now being replaced by developing feelings of racial pride and personal self-esteem. The novel examines three co-existing 19th century American Cultures. The privileged world of the South’s antebellum slave holding, White Planter Society; The oppressed communities of the black slaves; and the noble, nomadic hunter-gatherer society of the plains Indians. The turbulent events of this time in American History, results in the two sisters finding themselves living in, and experiencing the three cultures, and one sister is forced to choose between her life-long love for her sibling, or the love that develops between her and a Comanche Warrior.
The Mother Of All Things
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Author : Gabriel Blake
language : en
Publisher: DRF Publishing
Release Date : 2018-04-08
The Mother Of All Things written by Gabriel Blake and has been published by DRF Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-08 with Fiction categories.
It was supposed to be a new beginning for Elaine Davis. Returning to her childhood home in North Yorkshire, she hopes to move on from a devastating past and rebuild her life with the help of her mother and children. Sometimes though, new beginnings in familiar surroundings can come with the stirrings of memories long forgotten. As Elaine’s mind begins to unravel, discoveries of deceit and betrayal reveal themselves and circumstances spiral beyond her control. Elaine must fight to hold on to her sanity; unless of course, she has already lost it? Approximately 93,000 words
Mrs Armitage Queen Of The Road
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Author : Quentin Blake
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2004
Mrs Armitage Queen Of The Road written by Quentin Blake and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Armitage, Mrs. (Fictitious character) categories.
When the car her uncle gave her loses parts all over the road, Mrs. Armitage takes it in stride, but a gang of friendly motorcyclists is impressed with the results.
Esio Trot
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Author : Roald Dahl
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2024-01-30
Esio Trot written by Roald Dahl and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-30 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
‘The greatest moment of my life is coming up now! I mustn’t bish it! I mustn’t bosh it!’ This beautiful edition of Esio Trot, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, features official archive material from the Roald Dahl Museum and is perfect for Dahl fans old and new. So, enter a world where invention and mischief can be found on every page and where magic might be at the very tips of your fingers . . . The Roald Dahl Classic Collection reinstates the versions of Dahl’s books that were published before the 2022 Puffin editions, aimed at newly independent young readers.
Mrs Blake
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Author : Mrs. Newton Crosland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1862
Mrs Blake written by Mrs. Newton Crosland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1862 with English fiction categories.
Mrs Maybrick
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Author : Victoria Blake
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black Business Information and Development
Release Date : 2008-02-28
Mrs Maybrick written by Victoria Blake and has been published by A&C Black Business Information and Development this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Florence Maybrick was a 19-year-old Alabama belle when she married cotton-broker James Maybrick in 1881. She was convicted of his murder in 1889 after arsenic was found in his corpse. However, it was never established whether she administered the poison, or whether Maybrick himself, a hypochondriac who used arsenic and other tonics, took the fatal dose. Her death sentence was commuted to imprisonment and she served 15 years before her reprieve in 1903. This 'bloody history' tells the compelling tale of a ruined marriage and its infidelities, examining the murder, trial and controversy through Home Office files held at the National Archives and features new photographs of Mrs. Maybrick. It concludes with a bizarre twist: James Maybrick became a Jack the Ripper suspect in 1992.
The Book Of Eve
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Author : Julia Blake
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-08-30
The Book Of Eve written by Julia Blake and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-30 with categories.
Should some secrets go to the grave? My name is Eve... But that is not my real name, rather it is the one given to me by Annaliese when she invited me into her goldern world. It was all I had ever longed for - a life of easy luxury and glamorous intentions - with beautiful people as my friends. Yet even the best party must eventually end, and this one ended in a storm of tragedy and bitter betrayal. Overnight, my perfect life was exposed for the lie it was ... and so I ran, as far and as fast as I could. Now an irresistible urge is summoning me back from my lonely exile, to attend one last party - Annaliese's farewell bash. Maybe I will find the resolution I seek, or maybe I will only find more heartbreak and deceit. And always the same question begs to be answered. Should some secrets go to the grave? The Book of Eve is a sumptuous and sophisticated tale of friendship, love, and betrayal amongst the rich and beautiful. With overtones of the glamour of the 1920s and echoes of the Great Gatsby, this is a beautiful and clever read which will envelop you in the world of Eve and her friends.
Mrs Armitage And The Big Wave
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Author : Quentin Blake
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2000
Mrs Armitage And The Big Wave written by Quentin Blake and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Children's stories categories.
MINI TREASURES: delightful mini picture books to treasure forever. ONE STORMY NIGHT 'One Stormy night, the wind was howling, the iron gate creaked and the black cat hissed. ' So begins Ruth Brown's spine-chilling ghost story of a night where not everything is as it seems. . .