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Pentimento (Back Bay Books)

by Lillian Hellman

Published: 2000-03-29

Paperback: 320 pages

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In this widely praised follow-up to her National Book Award-winning first volume of memoirs, An Unfinished Woman, the legendary playwright Lillian Hellman looks back at some of the people who, wittingly or unwittingly, exerted profound influence on her development as a woman and a writer. The portraits...

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The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 12)

by Lemony Snicket

Published: 2005-01-01

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Lemony Snicket returns with the last book before the last book of his bestselling Series of Unfortunate Events. Scream and run away before the secrets of the series are revealed! Very little is known about Lemony Snicket and A Series of Unfortunate Events. What we do know is contained in ...

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Peony in Love

by Lisa See

Published: 2007-10-01

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Peony In Love

by Lisa Lee

Published: 2007

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Peony in Love: A Novel

by Lisa See

Published: 2007-06-26

Hardcover: 304 pages

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“I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn only regret.”For young Peony, betrothed to a suitor she has never met, these lyrics from The Peony Pavilion mirror her own longings. In the garden of the Chen Family Villa, amid the scent ...

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The Peony Pavilion (Classical Chinese Love Stories) (Classic Love Stories)

by Cao Shan

Published: 1999-01-01

Paperback: 225 pages

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Du Liniang has a dream in which she meets a young scholar and promises to marry him. When she wakes up, she yearns for her lover and falls ill; after a while she dies of lovesickness. The young scholar in her dream was Liu Mengmei, who later made his way to the capital to take the imperial examination....

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Peony: A Novel of China

by Pearl S. Buck

Published: 2006-01-01

Paperback: 352 pages

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Young Peony is sold into a rich Chinese household as a bondmaid -- an awkward role in which she is more than a servant, but less than a daughter. As she grows into a lovely, provocative young woman, Peony falls in love with the family's only son. However, tradition forbids them to wed. How she resolves...

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The People Next Door

by Bettye Griffin

Published: 2005-04-05

Paperback: 304 pages

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Lisa and Darrell Canfield have finally started building their dream house, right on the Florida waterfront. Everything seems perfect until they meet the couple building on the site next door. Apparently, Lisa's first husband, his stay-at-home wife, and their family are planning a move of t...

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The People of Forever Are Not Afraid: A Novel

by Shani Boianjiu

Published: 2012-09-11

Hardcover: 352 pages

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A “searing debut” about three young women coming of age, experiencing “the absurdities of life and love on the precipice of violence” (Vogue)    Yael, Avishag, and Lea grow up together in a tiny, dusty Israeli village, attending a high school made up of caravan classrooms, pass...

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The People of Paper

by Salvador Plascencia

Published: 2006-11-13

Paperback: 256 pages

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THE PEOPLE OF PAPER is an astonishing debut novel about the anguish of lost love. Author Salvador Plascencia, a "once-in-a-generation talent" (George Saunders), weaves together the stories of a large cast of colorful characters, including: a disgruntled monk, a father and daughter, a gang ...