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Vera Jane Cook
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***Thank you for coming to chat with us today. Why do you think Vera Jane choose you to represent her?
She knows my observations are based on instinct and a very keen perception of people.
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I am a cat named Spider. I live in a little Eye-brow Colonial on Lilac Lane in Chanaakya. We face the river, which Bessie loves. She talks to the river, when there’s a storm t... read more »
She knows my observations are based on instinct and a very keen perception of people.
***Tell us a little about yourself?
I am a cat named Spider. I live in a little Eye-brow Colonial on Lilac Lane in Chanaakya. We face the river, which Bessie loves. She talks to the river, when there’s a storm t... read more »
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Dancing Backward in Paradise
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Annabel Horton: Lost Witch of Salem
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2011
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Hearts Upon a Fragile Bough
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The Story of Sassy Sweetwater
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Lies a River Deep
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Hearts Upon a Fragile Bough (Literature & Fiction)
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Hearts Upon a Fragile Bough, gritty and mesmerizing, takes its readers through the uncharted territory of eccentric sexuality, murder and prostitution. From the shores of Ellis Island in 1912 to a Miami brothel in the 1930s, to a touching love story, where precarious relationships alters the course of destinies.
Dancing Backward in Paradise (Literature & Fiction)
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updated Mar 15, 2009 07:15am
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A murder plot in the deep south in the late 1960s and a cast of characters as colorful as a field of wildflowers.
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The story weaving in this book astonished me. I was really expecting the book to be very different than it was. I guess I had preconceived notions because I read so many para type books. This book, however, is unlike anything I have ever read. It...
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| Plainsong by Kent Haruf is one of those quiet, beautiful stories that lingers long after you put it down. A sensitive, very human rendering of life. It is a story about people adapting to their wounds of isolation, their imperfections and the stirrin...more | |
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This novel is amazing: beautifully written, gripping, and un-putdownable (I nearly overran my journey to work via London Underground several times). Vera Jane Cook has created a timeless character in Annabel Horton – literally. De... " Read more of this review » |
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"K.J. wrote: "Hi everyone,
I need more reviews, especially on amazon.com. I already have a two 5* and a 4* reviews HERE but I want to join a website to...more " |
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"Karen wrote: "I could read it for you but it would be later this month before I would get to it, I have a few books lined up already. :)"
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