Ashes of RosesFrom the author of That Childhood Country and A Place of Stones, a sweeping novel of exotic locations and tempestuous passions. In the beaut iful landscape of the Beara Peninsula of West Cork, Ireland, Elizabeth Sullivan is a woman whose susceptibility to romantic passions lands her in a forced marriage with a man she cannot love. |
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Deirdre Purcell. fully . " Would you like me to tidy up your hair ? I cut all the lads ' hair at home . " Elizabeth had not seen her hair but it was obviously very bad - and very noticeable . " Thank you , " she said simply . The nurse ...
Deirdre Purcell. fully . " Would you like me to tidy up your hair ? I cut all the lads ' hair at home . " Elizabeth had not seen her hair but it was obviously very bad - and very noticeable . " Thank you , " she said simply . The nurse ...
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... hair was care- lessly brushed and as she did not bother to wear mourn- ing clothes in the house , she was dressed in an old brown cardigan which drooped over an even older summer frock . Yet the way Daniel looked at her was making the hair ...
... hair was care- lessly brushed and as she did not bother to wear mourn- ing clothes in the house , she was dressed in an old brown cardigan which drooped over an even older summer frock . Yet the way Daniel looked at her was making the hair ...
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... hair , back to its normal length , was slick with hair oil . But if by shining himself up in this fashion he thought to make himself look older and more sophisticated , the effect he had achieved , she thought fondly , was to the ...
... hair , back to its normal length , was slick with hair oil . But if by shining himself up in this fashion he thought to make himself look older and more sophisticated , the effect he had achieved , she thought fondly , was to the ...
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