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Author | : Ying Hong |
Publisher | : Grove Press |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780802136602 |
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From her upbringing in the slums of Chongqing to her sexual and intellectual awakening to her search to unravel the mystery of her birth, a coming-of-age portrait by a renowned poet and novelist details her turbulent life against the backdrop of Communist China.
Author | : Alexandra Manfield |
Publisher | : Spindle Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2020-12-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 064868671X |
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An entrancing, atmospheric and lyrical novel that brings the beauty and mystery of the Australian bush alive on the page. Feeling isolated and alone with her beloved aunt about to move overseas, Alisa begins unpacking the boxes her aunt has had to leave behind. In one of them, she discovers her father’s old sketchbook with a mysterious drawing of a white egret at a waterhole. When the newly unearthed sketchbook is stolen, Alisa begins to experience a series of strange and magical events: a visit by an otherworldly stranger; a friend’s sister lost in the bush; animals around her imbued with an uncanny knowing, and the feeling that someone out there is watching her. Impelled to make sense of these happenings, Alisa soon realises that she is piecing together the clues to her parents’ untimely deaths and ultimately, to the stunning truth about who, or what, she really is. Immerse yourself in the earthly and unearthly mysteries of this mesmerising new novel from Australian author, Alexandra Manfield.
Author | : Jane Hardstaff |
Publisher | : Carolrhoda Books ® |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2016-04-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1606845632 |
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All her life, Moss has lived in the Tower of London with her father, who serves as the executioner for King Henry VIII. Prisoners condemned to death must face Pa and his axe—and Moss catches their severed heads. Her father insists he has no choice: if he leaves the Tower, he will be killed. But Moss can't bear to be the executioner's daughter any longer. When she finally finds a way out of the Tower, she discovers the river holds more dangers than she imagined—including the Riverwitch's curse. The Riverwitch once helped Moss's family in exchange for a terrible bargain; now she expects Moss to pay the debt.
Author | : Bobbi Miller |
Publisher | : Holiday House |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2013-10-04 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0823427692 |
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Raised by her pirate father on a Mississippi keeler, River is a half-feral river rat and proud of it. When her powerful father disappears in the great earthquake of 1811, she is on the run from buccaneers, including Jean Lafitte, who hope to claim her father's territory and his buried treasure. But the ruthless rivals do not count on getting a run for their money from a plucky slip of a girl determined to find her place in the new order. Filled with down-home humor, raucous hijinks, and one-of-a-kind characters, this historical novel captures the Mississippi River at a time when its denizens were as untamed as its waters.
Author | : Dianne O'Brien |
Publisher | : Bonnier Zaffre Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2021-08-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1838775781 |
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A heartbreaking, redemptive memoir of raw power, Daughter of the River Country is the story of an extraordinary journey from a childhood as one of Australia's Stolen Generation to Aboriginal Elder Born in rural Australia in the 1940s, baby Dianne is immediately taken from her parents and placed with a white family. Raised in an era of widespread racism, she grows up believing her Irish adoptive mother is her birth mother. When her adoptive mother tragically dies and she is abandoned by her adoptive father, Dianne is raped, sent to the brutal Parramatta Girls Home and forced to marry her rapist in order to keep her baby. After suffering years of domestic abuse, but refusing to let her spirit be broken, Dianne finally discovers she is a Yorta Yorta woman, a daughter of the river country, and is reunited with her birth mother. She learns that her great-grandfather was a famous Aboriginal activist and from here she becomes a powerful leader in her own right, vowing to help others in any way she can. Daughter of the River Country explores for the first time the devastation caused to Australia's Aboriginal Stolen Generation, who were forcibly placed with white families as part of a government assimilation programme. 'A compelling memoir about the power of love and staying the course.' LINDA BURNEY, the first Aboriginal Member of Australia's House of Representatives
Author | : Michael Dennis Browne |
Publisher | : Atheneum Books |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Vella Munn |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0812519302 |
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Dark Water has no cause to love the pale skins, the ones who killed her husband and indirectly caused her to miscarry their son. And Barr Connor has no love for the Rogue Indians, who enslaved him as a boy. But when fate throws them together in the Oregon frontier, Dark Water and Barr cannot ignore their growing feelings of passion.
Author | : Elisabeth Hammer |
Publisher | : Lindhardt og Ringhof |
Total Pages | : 181 |
Release | : 2023-12-07 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 8728453646 |
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Some secrets are worth keeping. Others are meant to be unleashed. Found adrift along the river as a mere babe, her origins shrouded in mystery, Rakel Ovreid is taken in by a loving couple. Now a beautiful and fearless young woman, Rakel sets out to find her friend Jenny, who has disappeared leading her to cross paths with the imposing new sheriff, Ask Bergan. As events unfold, Rakel discovers that Bergan holds secrets about her past, leaving her with burning questions - and a growing sense of danger... Packed with love, intrigue, and mystical powers, this beloved Nordic saga is ideal for fans of Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" and Lucinda Riley. Whispers from the River Rakel Ovreid, a foundling raised by loving farmers, unravels her mysterious origins, navigating love, politics, and fate in the captivating "Whispers from the River" series. A gripping saga of historical romance and the supernatural, set against the stunning backdrop of the majestic fjords and northern lights of Norway. Elisabeth Hammer is a Norwegian author who finds inspiration for her stories in nature, music and dreams.
Author | : Ruth McEnery Stuart |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1904 |
Genre | : Adopted children |
ISBN | : |
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ISBN | : 9781954118546 |
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