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San Miguel a novel

The lives of three women on turn-of-the-twentieth-century San Miguel are shaped by ambition and circumstance, including the wife of a Civil War veteran who hopes to recover her health, her rebellious daughter, and a librarian who wonders if the island's peace will endure.

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  • "The lives of three women on turn-of-the-twentieth-century San Miguel are shaped by ambition and circumstance, including the wife of a Civil War veteran who hopes to recover her health, her rebellious daughter, and a librarian who wonders if the island's peace will endure."@en
  • "New Year's Day, 1888: the first day of Marantha Waters new life on San Miguel. She has come with her husband, a Civil War veteran who has taken over the operation of the sheep ranch on the island. But this promised paradise proves to be a damp, wind-ravaged wasteland. As her husband grows increasingly distant from her and their adopted daughter Edith, Marantha's blighted lungs grow weaker. March, 1930. Another family arrives on San Miguel. Elise Lester is a librarian from New York City; her husband Herbie, a World War I veteran full of manic energy. But the unyielding island is haunted by its history. Will the family be able to cling together as the war threatens to pull everything apart."
  • "The lives of three women on turn-of-the-20th-century San Miguel are shaped by ambition and circumstance, including the wife of a Civil War veteran who hopes to recover her health, her rebellious aspiring actress daughter and a librarian who wonders if the island's peace will endure in the face of looming war."
  • "PLAYAWAY. New Year's Day, 1888: the first day of Marantha Waters new life on San Miguel. She has come with her husband, a Civil War veteran who has taken over the operation of the sheep ranch on the island. But this promised paradise proves to be a damp, wind-ravaged wasteland. As her husband grows increasingly distant from her and their adopted daughter Edith, Marantha's blighted lungs grow weaker. March, 1930. Another family arrives on San Miguel. Elise Lester is a librarian from New York City; her husband Herbie, a World War I veteran full of manic energy. But the unyielding island is haunted by its history. Will the family be able to cling together as the war threatens to pull everything apart."

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  • "CD"
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "General"
  • "Hörbuch"
  • "MP3 (Audio coding standard)"@en
  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Audiobooks"
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  • "San Miguel a novel"@en
  • "San Miguel Lesung"
  • "San Miguel"
  • "San Miguel"@en

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