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Plain, Belva was born on October 9, 1919 in New York City. Daughter of Oscar and Eleanor Offenberg.
(The doctor's office is cool, white, sterile. But the doct...)
The doctor's office is cool, white, sterile. But the doctor's words are searing: blood tests prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Margaret and Arthur Crawfield's beloved, dying son is not their child. Now they must face Peter's death and the shock of having a son they have never met. Grieving, yet compelled, they begin a search that will tear two families apart. Laura and "Bud" Rice share an elegant home and two children, brilliant, handsome Tom, and cherished, chronically ill eleven-year-old Timmy. But after nineteen years of marriage, Laura's respectable husband is a stranger—and the reason for Tom's escalating involvement with a group of campus bigots. Suddenly the Crawfields enter their lives and shatter their fragile world. As the Rices' quiet Southern town explodes with hate and violence, the two familes must embrace—or be destroyed by—the shattering truth.
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(In this magnificent return to the world of Evergreen, Hen...)
In this magnificent return to the world of Evergreen, Henrietta Roth, an extraordinary woman, fights to control her destiny; and three turbulent generations come vividly to life against a background of immigrant struggle, war, and passion. "A page-turner... Hard to put down." -- The Washington Post
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New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain beguiles us once again with a novel that explores the bonds that sustain families—and the lies that can shatter them forever. Sweeping through the pivotal events of twentieth-century America, The Sight of the Stars chronicles four generations of one remarkable family as they journey through years of love, loss, sacrifice, and unimaginable betrayal. Dressed in a brand-new suit, with one hundred and fifty dollars in his pocket, Adam Arnring says good-bye to his family and boards a train for the fabled West. The year is 1907. Adam is nineteen years old, a young man with stars in his eyes who has always dreamed of a future in the great open spaces of America. Now, far from his New Jersey home, he takes the first step toward attaining that dream, landing a job in a small department store in a booming Texas town. Here he meets a woman who excites him beyond all measure. The exquisite, untouchable Emma Rothirsch lives in a world whose doors are firmly closed to him. But Adam is a man willing to take great risks to get what he wants. One is Emma. The other is to build a lasting business enterprise that will live on through his children and grandchildren. But just when Adam’s dreams are within reach, fate intervenes. Tragedy strikes from the trenches of World War I, setting in motion a series of events that echo down through the years. The owner of a prospering department store and the head of a growing family, Adam succumbs to a moment of weakness that culminates in an unforgivable act of betrayal. And now, as another generation prepares to take its rightful place in the family’s legendary empire, the tenuous threads of the Arnrings’ past begin to unravel, revealing a shattering secret that reaches back nearly a century. Across a teeming canvas of history, through world wars and the close of a century, The Sight of the Stars tells a deeply affecting story of family and forgiveness, guilt and redemption. Brimming with the emotional depth and moral complexity we have come to expect from this incomparable storyteller, The Sight of the Stars is about what happens when we dare to dream, and the moments that can change families forever. From the Hardcover edition.
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(From a quiet turn-of-the-century village in upstate New ...)
From a quiet turn-of-the-century village in upstate New York to war-torn London, from the bedsides of the rural poor to the life-and-death urgency of a great New York City hospital, this is a powerful epic of three generations of doctors in one magnificent family. The Farrells-dedicated, brilliant.. and driven to the edge of destruction by a love no human force could suppress.
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(In Legacy of Silence, New York Times bestselling author B...)
In Legacy of Silence, New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain creates an unforgettable story of a remarkable family-and a deception that reaches across continents, oceans, and generations. Caroline Hartzinger flees wartime Europe with a shattered life and a devastating secret. Pregnant and unwed, she arrives in America in 1939. Joel Hirsch offers marriage and respectability, hoping one day to earn her love, if not the passion she feels for a man whose memory still haunts them both. With Joel, Caroline builds a new life, determined to bury the past-until her daughter Eve brings Caroline's carefully crafted world crashing down again, driven by a rage to learn the truth. Now it is Eve's secret, a legacy that taints her life and puts generations at risk. But with it comes a gift-a new sister, young enough to be her own daughter, who offers hope, then a truth that will finally break the hold of the past.
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(Beginning in 1920, paralleling Hitler's rise to power, an...)
Beginning in 1920, paralleling Hitler's rise to power, and encompassing World War II, Bleva Plain's new novel weaves the threads of history into a brilliant tapestry. As vivid events plunge the world into a dizzying vortex of change, an unforgettable American Family must summon up extraordinary courage to face birth, death, murder, illicit passion, and a great tragedy... and one passionate man must fight his own war against evil—a war that can be won only with honor, integrity, and love.
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(In her stunning new novel, New York Times bestselling aut...)
In her stunning new novel, New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain has written a compelling story of family and fortune, beauty and betrayal. With unerring insight and emotional power, she penetrates a shattered marriage to explore one of the most provocative issues of our time. What happens when the picture-perfect marriage dissolves? In her unsparing evocation of a family in crisis, Belva Plain goes to the heart of a marriage between a naïve young artist and her handsome physician husband. At first everything is idyllic. Then one terrible night she commits an act she will regret for the rest of her life. An act that gives her husband the ultimate weapon: blackmail. The price of his silence is uncontested custody of their two children. When her own beautiful, angry mother wants to know why she won't fight for custody, she can give no answers. For she alone knows, or believes she knows, what really happened on that fateful night. In a novel that is both provocative and heartbreaking, Belva Plain proves herself the writer who sets the standard for family stories, a novelist of incomparable depth and grace.
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(What happens when the picture-perfect marriage dissolves?...)
What happens when the picture-perfect marriage dissolves? In her stunning new novel, New York Times-bestselling author Belva Plain penetrates a shattered marriage to explore one of the most provocative issues of our time. Once again Plain proves herself the writer who sets the standard for family stories in a novel that is at once harrowing and deeply moving. Gerald and Hyacinth had the kind of marriage others envied. She was a beautiful artist. He was a brilliant plastic surgeon. Theirs was a comfortable, happy home with two wonderful children. Then whispers of betrayal tainted Hy's perfect marriage. And in one terrible night she commits an act she will regret for the rest of her life. An act that gives Gerald the ultimate weapon: blackmail. The price of his silence is uncontested custody of their two children. When her own beautiful, angry mother wants to know why she won't fight for custody, Hy can give no answers. But deep in her heart, Hy knows there is one question she must answer if she wants to free herself from a life of lies: What really happened that terrible night? Only then can she reclaim her children, her pride, her life—at last.
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(The towering modern classic of passion and ambition that...)
The towering modern classic of passion and ambition that forever changed the way we see the courageous immigrants who came to America's shores -- the story of Anna Friedman transfixes us with the turbulent emotions of a woman and her family touched by war, tragedy, and the devastating secrets of one forbidden love... bittersweet and evergreen.
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She was a girl as beautiful and innocent as her family's lush Caribbean plantation—until she discovered the darkness of desire and became a woman. Expelled from paradise, Teresa Francis would be swept into marriage and the opulence of New York only to be drawn back to her island, where secrets can ignite explosions of political upheaval and clandestine love.
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(NY, Delacorte (1980) Stated 1st printing. Fine hardcover,...)
NY, Delacorte (1980) Stated 1st printing. Fine hardcover, clean, tight and straight. Dustjacket has a bit of edgewear, small closed tear, short creases at front flap, else very good dustjacket in archival mylar cover. Smoke and pet free premises. B272
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(From Shitel to mansion-The wonderfully rich epic of a wom...)
From Shitel to mansion-The wonderfully rich epic of a woman's loves, a family's fortunes, and a century's hopes and tragedies. Executive Producer Edgar J. Scherick, Susan Pollock in Association with Metromedia Producers Inc. "An epic of people you know. Once you know Anna, you won't want to put the book down." Milwaukee Journal Fascinating....We become insecapably involved...EVERGREEN is the story of immigration, of the struggles of heroic individuals who came to America to make their fortunes...and the warm story of continuning love.". New York News World. ABSORBING. ... A CONVINCING NOVEL...brings us so closely into (the Fridmans') lives tht our concern for everyone is strong, genuine." The Cleveland Plain Dealer "A grand, sweeping panorama of immigrants and America...richly written, finely detailed...vivid and memorable." New York Daily News Other books by Belva Plain: Random Winds, Eden Burning, Crescent City.
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Plain, Belva was born on October 9, 1919 in New York City. Daughter of Oscar and Eleanor Offenberg.
Graduate, Barnard College.
(The towering modern classic of passion and ambition that...)
(From a quiet turn-of-the-century village in upstate New ...)
(In this magnificent return to the world of Evergreen, Hen...)
(What happens when the picture-perfect marriage dissolves?...)
(In Legacy of Silence, New York Times bestselling author B...)
(New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain beguiles us...)
(Beginning in 1920, paralleling Hitler's rise to power, an...)
(In her stunning new novel, New York Times bestselling aut...)
(She was a girl as beautiful and innocent as her family's ...)
(From Shitel to mansion-The wonderfully rich epic of a wom...)
(Caroline Hartzinger flees wartime Europe with a shattered...)
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(Books on Tape recording of Belva Plain's RandomWinds)
(The doctor's office is cool, white, sterile. But the doct...)
(NY, Delacorte (1980) Stated 1st printing. Fine hardcover,...)
(Bleva Plain is in a class of her own.)
(Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)
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(Rare book: Price in USD)
(1980 First Edition)
(563 pages. LARGE PRINT EDITION. Hardcover.)
Married Irving Plain, June 14, 1941 (deceased 1982). Children: Barbara, Nancy, John.