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She was born in Dundalk Bay, County Louth, Ireland in 1929. When she was only three months old, her parents moved to Australia, settling in Coogee, a suburb of Sydney, where she grew up.
(Tells the story of Kirsty Howard, who leaves China when h...)
Tells the story of Kirsty Howard, who leaves China when her parents die and seeks out her grandfather in Scotland. It is a strange world she finds at Cluain - an arrogant and lonely old man running one of the finest whisky distilleries in the world with two women running the house.
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this is a 1st edition of Readers Digest Condensed book, with some very exciting, fantastic reading,
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(A saga for today, set amid the sophisticated parties, pol...)
A saga for today, set amid the sophisticated parties, political scandals and financial upheavals of Britain and Australia. Kelly expected only a life of poverty and shame. However with her extraordinary capacity to love and survive, she became the heart of the grandest family in Britain.
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(Sara Dane, the main character in this fictional book, is ...)
Sara Dane, the main character in this fictional book, is based loosely on the life of Mary Reibey and her times. Mary Reibey was a woman who lived in early New South Wales at a time when even small childhood pranks could result in banishment to this Australian colony. Sara Dane's story mirrors that of the legendary Mary Reibey who overcame the stigma of her conviction and banishment and rose to a position of wealth and prominence among the citizens of early New South Wales.
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A reissue of this romantic mystery novel in which a Nobel prizewinner disappears. When British Intelligence assign one of their top operatives to investigate, he finds himself attracted to the prizewinner's daughter.From the author of FIONA.
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A romance-filtered look at how things change when a big company comes to a small town. Idealistic young girls have their dreams shattered. Some relationships end, others begin. One set of goals gets replaced by another set. Corporate Wife is full of women with strong personalities and fairly complex emotional situations. Not your stereotyped romance novel and one that is a good waste of a few hours. ( amazon customer)
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(A spellbinding new novel by Catherine Gaskin, bestselling...)
A spellbinding new novel by Catherine Gaskin, bestselling author of The Ambassador's Women THE WORLD WAS THEIRS... Three beautiful, talented daughters of famous parents, they seemed to have everything - wealth, glamour, and an idyllic life in the English countryside... even as was raged over London. But in one explosive moment, their lives were changed forever... From war-weary Britain, to the Scottish highlands, to the power portals of Washington, D. C., the three sisters are propelled into a world that will profoundly test their strength and courage. United by family love and loyalty, torn by bitter tragedy, they each come to know the joy of dazzling triumph... and the despair of an international scandal that once again jeopardizes all they hold dear... THE CHARMED CIRCLE Catherine Gaskin's compelling new saga of privilege, power, and personal triumph
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She was born in Dundalk Bay, County Louth, Ireland in 1929. When she was only three months old, her parents moved to Australia, settling in Coogee, a suburb of Sydney, where she grew up.
She completed her best-known work, Sara Dane, on her 25th birthday in 1954, and it was published in 1955.
Her first novel This Other Eden, was written when she was 15 and published two years later. After her second novel, With Every Year, was published, she moved to London. Three best-sellers followed:, All Else is Folly (1951), and
lieutenant sold more than 2 million copies, was translated into a number of other languages, and was made into a television mini-series in Australia in 1982.
This novel is loosely based on the life of the Australian convict businesswoman Mary Reibey, whose image has appeared on the Australian $20 note since 1994. Other novels included and
Gaskin moved to Manhattan for ten years, after marrying a United States citizen. She then moved to the Virgin Islands, then in 1967 to Ireland, where she became an Irish citizen.
She also lived on the Isle of Manitoba
Her last novel was. She then returned to Sydney, where she died in September 2009, aged 80, from ovarian cancer.
(Light wear to boards, content clean and sharp, solidly bo...)
(A saga for today, set amid the sophisticated parties, pol...)
(Tells the story of Kirsty Howard, who leaves China when h...)
(Sara Dane, the main character in this fictional book, is ...)
(A spellbinding new novel by Catherine Gaskin, bestselling...)
(this is a 1st edition of Readers Digest Condensed book, w...)
(A romance-filtered look at how things change when a big c...)
(A book of this grade is generally well kept and is in goo...)
(A reissue of this romantic mystery novel in which a Nobel...)
(German Language Version, No English Translation. Google t...)
(5 Stories from Readers Digest - 1970)
(Fictional Novel, Literary Fiction)
(A gothic romantic suspence novel.)
(Fictional Novel, Anthology)
(Book by Gaskin, Catherine)
(Book by Gaskin, Catherine)
(Book by Gaskin, Catherine)
(Light wear to boards. Pages are tanned. Good DJ with litt...)
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(Book Club Edition)
(Great Reading)
(256pages. 17x9x2cm. Broché.)
(383 p. : maps (on lining papers) ; 22 cm.)