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The Tea Rose: A Novel»rank: 5760by: Jennifer Donnelly
: :East London, 1888 - a city apart. A place of shadow and light where thieves, whores, and dreamers mingle, where children play in the cobbled streets by day and a killer stalks at night, where bright hopes meet the darkest truths. Here, by the whispering waters of the Thames, Fiona Finnegan, a worker in a tea factory, hopes to own a shop one day, together with her lifelong love, Joe Bristow, a costermonger's son. With nothing but their faith in each other to spur them on, Fiona and Joe struggle, save, and sacrifice to achieve their dreams.But Fiona's life is shattered when the actions of a dark and brutal man ... |
Winter Rose, The»rank: 353539by: Jennifer Donnelly
: :It has been twelve years since a dark, murderous figure stalked the alleys and courts of Whitechapel. And yet, in the summer of 1900, East London is still poor, still brutal, still a shadow city to its western twin. Among the reformers is an idealistic young woman named India Selwyn-Jones, recently graduated from medical school. With the help of her influential fiance--Freddie Lytton, an up-and-coming Liberal MP--she works to shut down the area's opium dens that destroy both body and soul. Her selfless activities better her patients' lives and bring her immense gratification, but unfortunately, they also bring her into direct conflict with East London's ruling crime lord--Sid Malone. India ... |
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A Northern Light»rank: 24788by: Jennifer Donnelly
: :Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. Desperate for money, she takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letters. But when Grace's drowned body is fished from the lake, Mattie discovers that the letters could reveal the grim truth behind a murder. Set in 1906 against the backdrop of the murder that inspired Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy, Jennifer Donnelly's astonishing debut novel effortlessly weaves romance, history, and a murder mystery into something moving, and real, and wholly original. Includes a reader's guide and an interview with the ... |
Humble Pie»rank: 888364by: Jennifer Donnelly
: :Only Theo's grandmother sees the truth about the boy: He's as spoiled as a rotten old apple!That is why, on one of Theo's naughtiest, grabbiest, mouthiest days, Grandmother decides to bake him a pie.Young Theo has never seen the like. Its crust is as big as a bedsheet; its filling of plums, cherries, peaches, pears, apples, and quince is as tempting as any sweet feast ever set before a boy. But when he greedily reaches out for a taste, little Theo bites off a lot more than he can chew!Jennifer Donnelly's wise and funny tale has inspired pictures of modern-day wit and medieval charm from a master of artistic antics, ... |
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Die Winterrose»rank: 1346366by: Jennifer Donnelly
: :Only Theo's grandmother sees the truth about the boy: He's as spoiled as a rotten old apple!That is why, on one of Theo's naughtiest, grabbiest, mouthiest days, Grandmother decides to bake him a pie.Young Theo has never seen the like. Its crust is as big as a bedsheet; its filling of plums, cherries, peaches, pears, apples, and quince is as tempting as any sweet feast ever set before a boy. But when he greedily reaches out for a taste, little Theo bites off a lot more than he can chew!Jennifer Donnelly's wise and funny tale has inspired pictures of modern-day wit and medieval charm from a master of artistic antics, ... |
Kill the Messenger / The Queen of the Big Time / Murder at the B-School / A Northern Light (Reader's Digest Select Editions, Vol. 3 2005)»rank: 1699164by: Tami Hoag, Jennifer Donnelly, Jeffrey L. Cruikshank, Adriana Trigiani
: :Only Theo's grandmother sees the truth about the boy: He's as spoiled as a rotten old apple!That is why, on one of Theo's naughtiest, grabbiest, mouthiest days, Grandmother decides to bake him a pie.Young Theo has never seen the like. Its crust is as big as a bedsheet; its filling of plums, cherries, peaches, pears, apples, and quince is as tempting as any sweet feast ever set before a boy. But when he greedily reaches out for a taste, little Theo bites off a lot more than he can chew!Jennifer Donnelly's wise and funny tale has inspired pictures of modern-day wit and medieval charm from a master of artistic antics, ... |
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Die Teerose»rank: 2585668by: Jennifer Donnelly
: :Only Theo's grandmother sees the truth about the boy: He's as spoiled as a rotten old apple!That is why, on one of Theo's naughtiest, grabbiest, mouthiest days, Grandmother decides to bake him a pie.Young Theo has never seen the like. Its crust is as big as a bedsheet; its filling of plums, cherries, peaches, pears, apples, and quince is as tempting as any sweet feast ever set before a boy. But when he greedily reaches out for a taste, little Theo bites off a lot more than he can chew!Jennifer Donnelly's wise and funny tale has inspired pictures of modern-day wit and medieval charm from a master of artistic antics, ... |
Big Russ and Me, Father and Son: Lessons of Life/A Northern Light (Reader's Digest Select Editions in Large Type, Volume 138: 2005)»rank: 1505257by: Tim Russert, Jennifer Donnelly
: :Two novels in one one. Set in Large type for easy reading |
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Das Licht des Nordens»rank: 1505257by: Jennifer Donnelly
: :Two novels in one one. Set in Large type for easy reading |
A Gathering Light»rank: 1505257by: Jennifer Donnelly
: :Two novels in one one. Set in Large type for easy reading |