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The Golden straw

It all began with a straw hat. A large broad rimmed hat dyed in an exclusive mixture of colors to produce a distinctive shade of pale gold, it was presented to Emily Pearson by her ongtime friend and employer, Mabel Arkwright, a milliner with a little store in the West end of London.

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  • "It all began with a straw hat. A large broad-brimmed hat, dyed in an elusive mixture of colors to produce a distinctive shade of pale gold, it was presented to Emily Pearson by her longtime friend and employer, Mabel Arkwright, a milliner with a little store in the West End of London. And Emily owed Mrs. Arkwright more than just The Golden Straw - eventually the business itself, because her friend had come to rely on Emily more and more as time went by. After Mrs. Arkwright's death, Emily, exhausted by the extra work that had fallen upon her shoulders and exasperated by Dr. Steve Montane, her late employer's young and plain-spoken physician, took herself off to the South of France. It was now 1880, and many fashionable guests were staying at the hotel in Nice, among them Paul Anderson Steerman. But he was not all he seemed to be, and he was to bring nothing but disgrace and tragedy to Emily, for the traumatic months following her return to England were but a prelude to a series of events that would influence the destiny not only of her children, but her grandchildren too, as the new century dawned, the First World War came and went, and she was still alive to reflect on all that had resulted from the gift of the hat."
  • "Portrays a whole rich vein of English life from the heyday of the Victorian era to the stormy middle years of the present century."
  • "It all began with a straw hat. A large broad rimmed hat dyed in an exclusive mixture of colors to produce a distinctive shade of pale gold, it was presented to Emily Pearson by her ongtime friend and employer, Mabel Arkwright, a milliner with a little store in the West end of London."@en

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  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
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  • "The Golden straw"@en
  • "The golden straw : complete and unabridged"@en
  • "The golden straw : / S a novel"@en
  • "The golden straw"
  • "The golden straw"@en
  • "The golden straw : a novel"@en
  • "The golden straw : a novel"
  • "The Golden Straw : McNaught"@en
  • "The Golden Straw"
  • "The Golden Straw"@en

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