The stars in the sky have come to life to defend themselves against those who want to harness their powers. Much to her surprise, Honorine is the crux of it all, the center of an epic clash between magic and science, the old ways and...
Women household employees
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Author:Becker, LindseySummary: -
Author:Hardy, ThomasSummary:What do sexual violation, murderous farm implements, and Stonehenge all have in common? Thomas Hardy’s classic heartbreaker. On the one hand, this might be the most depressing novel you’ll ever read. On the other hand, women have come a...
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Author:HARDY, ThomasSummary:Forced by her parents' ambitions among her wealthy D'Urberville cousins, Tess Durbeyfield attracts the unscrupulous Alec. Seduced and discarded, she finds work as a milkmaid, and her steadfast integrity is finally rewarded by...
- Author:Woods, JanetSummary:
Dorset, 1917. If it's not enough that a girl from a good background is forced to work as a maid, Livia Carr is then violated by the master of the house and becomes pregnant. Her only course is to marry the son of the house, Richard...
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Author:Parreñas, Rhacel SalazarSummary:Servants of Globalization is a poignant and often troubling study of migrant Filipina domestic workers who leave their own families behind to do the mothering and caretaking work of the global economy in countries throughout the world....
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Author:Davidson, DianaSummary:In the deep winter of 1891, on the Métis settlement of Lac St. Anne, known as Manito Sakahigan in Cree, "Spirit Lake" has been renamed for the patron saint of childbirth. It is here that people journey in search of tradition, redemption...
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Author:Brightwell, EmilySummary:It was a most peculiar murder. A man's body was found in the canal-but the evidence showed that he had drowned in a bathtub. A theater critic known for his savage reviews, the victim had had a full cast of enemies. While Inspector...
- Author:Gallico, PaulSummary:
Responsible for cleaning the homes of the rich, Mrs Harris is a humble charlady with a knack for putting things in order wherever she goes. When, much to her surprise, she wins a trip for two beyond the Iron Curtain, she has no idea of...
- Author:Kincaid, JamaicaSummary:
Lucy, a teenager from the West Indies, comes to North America to work as an au pair for Lewis, Mariah, and their children. Yet, almost at once, Lucy begins to notice cracks in their beautiful façade. At the same time Lucy is also...
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Author:Carey, JacquelineSummary:A nation born of angels, vast and intricate and surrounded by danger... a woman born to servitude, unknowingly given access to the secrets of the realm... Born with a scarlet mote in her left eye, Phédre nó Delaunay is sold into...
- Author:Sherman, SusanSummary:
In the early 1900s, a young woman escapes the Warsaw ghetto to work as a domestic servant and finds the world opening to her through her connection with the scientists Pierre and Marie Curie.
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Author:Gower, IrisSummary:Artist Riana Evans sees the dilapidated mansion in Wales and, despite its unhappy past, is delighted when the elderly owner sells it to her. The atmosphere proves good business, inspiring her paintings and providing successful ghost-...
- Author:Chevalier, TracySummary:
After earning a graduate degree in creative writing from the University of East Anglia, Tracy Chevalier was immediately recognized for her literary talent. In Girl with a Pearl Earring, she recreates the 17th-century world of Johannes...
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Author:Beaton, M. C.Summary:Mrs. Gillespie, famous for being the best maid in the northwest of Sutherland, is found dead, struck down by a metal bucket. Knowing Mrs. Gillespie's penchant for gossip, Hamish is sure she delighted in finding out her clients' secrets...
- Author:Morgan, CarolynSummary:
A novel of crime and passion in nineteenth-century Newfoundland
Alexander Pindikowsky, a Polish artist working in Heart’s Content, is arrested in 1880 for the crime of forgery. He is sentenced to fifteen months at Her Majesty’s...
