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Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Another newcomer to the small Kentucky mining town is the company doctor, transplanted Irishman, Frank Kelly, whose primary reason for relocating was to search for his own healing and a measure of peace after the tragic loss of his wife. Soon, however, the physician finds himself struggling to manage a much larger and more complex medical practice than he'd anticipated.
2) Doña Barbara
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
440 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Dona Barbara tells the tale of an epic struggle between two cousins for a cast estate and ranch in the Venezuelan llano, or prairie ... Published in 1929 and all but forgotten by Anglophone readers, Dona Barbara is one of the first examples of magical realism, laying the groundwork for later authors such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Mario Vargas Llosa.
Author
Language
English
Description
Sophia Alexander, the beautiful daughter of a famous surgeon in Berlin, has had to grow up faster than most young women. When her mother falls ill, Sophia must take charge of her younger sister, Theresa, and look after her father and the household, while also volunteering at his hospital after school. Meanwhile, Hitler's rise to power and the violence in her very own town have Sophia concerned, but only her mother is willing to share her fears openly....
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