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1) Like family
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In this jewel of a novel, Mrs. Signora A. enters the narrator's home as a maid and nanny and quickly becomes the glue in her employers' small household. But the family's delicate fabric comes undone when Mrs. Signora A. is diagnosed with cancer.
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"From her place in the store that sells artificial friends, Klara--an artificial friend with outstanding observational qualities--watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street outside. She remains hopeful a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change forever, Klara she is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans. In this luminous...
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p2011
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13 sound discs (ca. 16 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Araceli is the live-in maid in the Torres-Thompson household, one of three Mexican employees in a stunning Spanish-style house. She was responsible strictly for the cooking and cleaning, but the recession has hit and she's the last Mexican standing. Unless you count Scott Torres, whom you'd never suspect was half Mexican but for his surname and an old family photo with central LA in the background. Finances are causing fights even Araceli knows the...
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From the award-winning novelist and writer of Upstairs Downstairs, the launch of a brilliant new trilogy about what life was really like for masters and servants before the world of Downton Abbey
As the Season of 1899 comes to an end, the world is poised on the brink of profound, irrevocable change. The Earl of Dilberne is facing serious financial concerns. The ripple effects spread to everyone in the household:
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Tracy Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly-imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings. History and fiction merge seamlessly in this luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. Girl with a Pearl Earring tells the story of sixteen-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius . . . even as she herself is immortalized in...
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