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Thistles

Thistles

Charles L. Roe / Charles LRoe

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AuthorHouse
Año de edición:
2007
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9781425995676
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Thistles is a bookabout aspirations and dreams. It isabout simple people living close to the earth. But the Franklins of Kentucky are a family buffeted by ill winds andmisfortune. They struggle against theanguish of lost chances and the vagaries of their lives. Fate will lead them into a series of personalcrises in one short week. Their storywill culminate in a drama that familial love and concern cannot predict and willplay out to an unexpected and startling conclusion.

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