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What she left behind / Ellen Marie Wiseman. / Wiseman, Ellen Marie
Título : What she left behind / Ellen Marie Wiseman. Tipo de documento: texto impreso Autores: Wiseman, Ellen Marie, Autor Editorial: New York : Kensington Books Fecha de publicación: 2014 Número de páginas: viii, 328 p. Dimensiones: 21 cm. ISBN/ISSN/DL: 9780758278456 Nota general: Includes reading group guide. Palabras clave: Mystery fiction. Family secrets--Fiction. Orphans--Fiction. Mentally ill--Fiction. Nota de contenido: "Ten years ago, Izzy Stone's mother fatally shot her father while he slept. Devastated by her mother's apparent insanity, Izzy, now seventeen, refuses to visit her in prison. But her new foster parents, employees at the local museum, have enlisted Izzy's help in cataloging items at a long-shuttered state asylum. There, amid piles of abandoned belongings, Izzy discovers a stack of unopened letters, a decades - old journal, and a window into her own past. Clara Cartwright, eighteen years old in 1929, is caught between her overbearing parents and her love for an Italian immigrant. Furious when she rejects an arranged marriage, Clara's father sends her to a genteel home for nervous invalids. But when his fortune is lost in the stock market crash, he can no longer afford her care - and Clara is committed to the public asylum. Even Izzy deals with the challenges of yet another new beginning, Clara's story keeps drawing her into the past. If Clara was never really mentally ill, could something else explain her own mother's violent act? Piecing together Clara's fate compels Izzy to re-examine her own choices - with shocking and unexpected results" -- Summary taken from Back Cover. What she left behind / Ellen Marie Wiseman. [texto impreso] / Wiseman, Ellen Marie, Autor . - New York : Kensington Books, 2014 . - viii, 328 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN : 9780758278456
Includes reading group guide.
Palabras clave: Mystery fiction. Family secrets--Fiction. Orphans--Fiction. Mentally ill--Fiction. Nota de contenido: "Ten years ago, Izzy Stone's mother fatally shot her father while he slept. Devastated by her mother's apparent insanity, Izzy, now seventeen, refuses to visit her in prison. But her new foster parents, employees at the local museum, have enlisted Izzy's help in cataloging items at a long-shuttered state asylum. There, amid piles of abandoned belongings, Izzy discovers a stack of unopened letters, a decades - old journal, and a window into her own past. Clara Cartwright, eighteen years old in 1929, is caught between her overbearing parents and her love for an Italian immigrant. Furious when she rejects an arranged marriage, Clara's father sends her to a genteel home for nervous invalids. But when his fortune is lost in the stock market crash, he can no longer afford her care - and Clara is committed to the public asylum. Even Izzy deals with the challenges of yet another new beginning, Clara's story keeps drawing her into the past. If Clara was never really mentally ill, could something else explain her own mother's violent act? Piecing together Clara's fate compels Izzy to re-examine her own choices - with shocking and unexpected results" -- Summary taken from Back Cover. Reserva
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Código de barras Signatura Tipo de medio Ubicación Sección Estado Personal Name 00010362 WIS Book BAW Colección General Disponible Heroes / Cormier, Robert
Título : Heroes : a novel Tipo de documento: texto impreso Autores: Cormier, Robert, Autor Editorial: New York, NY : Delacorte Press Fecha de publicación: 1998 Número de páginas: 136 p. Dimensiones: 22 cm. ISBN/ISSN/DL: 978-0-385-32590-5 Nota general: After serving in the United States Army in World War II and having his face blown off by a grenade, Francis, a young soldier, returns home hoping to find--and kill--the former childhood hero he feels betrayed him. Palabras clave: Heroes Heroes--Fiction. Revenge Revenge--Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945--Veterans World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Fiction. People with disabilities People with disabilities--Fiction. Orphans Orphans--Fiction. Heroes : a novel [texto impreso] / Cormier, Robert, Autor . - New York, NY : Delacorte Press, 1998 . - 136 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-385-32590-5
After serving in the United States Army in World War II and having his face blown off by a grenade, Francis, a young soldier, returns home hoping to find--and kill--the former childhood hero he feels betrayed him.Reserva
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Código de barras Signatura Tipo de medio Ubicación Sección Estado Personal Name 00019236 COR Book BAW Colección General Disponible The good thief / Tinti, Hannah
Título : The good thief : a novel Tipo de documento: texto impreso Autores: Tinti, Hannah, Autor Editorial: New York : Dial Press Fecha de publicación: 2008 Número de páginas: 345 p. ISBN/ISSN/DL: 978-0-385-33746-5 Palabras clave: Orphans Orphans--Fiction. New England New England--Fiction. United States United States--History United States--History--1783-1865 United States--History--1783-1865--Fiction The good thief : a novel [texto impreso] / Tinti, Hannah, Autor . - New York : Dial Press, 2008 . - 345 p.
ISBN : 978-0-385-33746-5
Palabras clave: Orphans Orphans--Fiction. New England New England--Fiction. United States United States--History United States--History--1783-1865 United States--History--1783-1865--Fiction Reserva
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Código de barras Signatura Tipo de medio Ubicación Sección Estado Personal Name 00036108 TIN Book BAW Colección General Disponible