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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"A servant girl escapes from a colonial settlement in the wilderness. She carries nothing with her but her wits, a few possessions, and the spark of god that burns hot within her. What she finds in this terra incognita is beyond the limits of her imagination and will bend her belief in everything that her own civilization has taught her. Lauren Groff's new novel is at once a thrilling adventure story and a penetrating fable about trying to find a...
2) The familiar
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English
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"In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to better the family's social position. What begins as simple amusement for the bored nobility takes a perilous turn when...
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Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
c1986
Edition
1st ed.
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IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Big Anthony plans a surprise Christmas party for Strega Nona.
"It's Christmas time in Calabria and with Strega Nona's annual feast around the corner, she has no time for her usual magical tasks. Christmas has a magic of its own, and no one knows magic like Strega Nona does, especially Big Anthony. But with the clock ticking on her preparations, will Big Anthony finally be able to prove that he can be counted on with some magic of his own?"--
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"It's hard to find an employer who doesn't ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shinykitchen. I can work here for a while, stay quiet until I get what I want. It's almost perfect. But I still haven't met Mrs Garrick, or seen inside the guest bedroom. I'm sure I hear her crying. I notice...
Author
Series
Housemaid novels volume 1
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Millie starts a new job as a housemaid for Nina and Andy Winchester, not knowing that her new start means working for a family with more dangerous secrets than her own. One day Millie tries on one of Nina's pristine dresses, wondering what it must be like to live a life like Nina's but when she is discovered she realizes her bedroom in the attic only locks from the outside. She reassures herself that the Winchesters have no idea who she really is......
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