2008, ISBN: 9780207170553

Harper Design. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex libr… More...

Harper Design. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Harper Design, Penguin Publishing Group, 2008. Paperback. Good. A debut novel about the intertwining lives of college faculty wives. Nestled among Manhattan University?s faculty housing, there is a garden whe re four women will meet?each with a scandalous secret that could upset thei r lives, destroy their families, and rock the prestigious university to its very core. With its maple trees, iron gate, and fence laced with honeysuckle, Manhattan U?s garden offers faculty wives Mary, Sofia, Ashleigh, and Hannah much needed refuge from their problems. But as Mary?s husband, the power-hungry dean, plans to demolish their beloved garden, these four women will discover a surprising secret about a lost Edgar Allan Poe manuscript?and realize they must find the courage to stand up for their passions, dreams, and desires., Penguin Publishing Group, 2008, HarperCollins, 1993. Paperback. Good. First-novelist Yahp skillfully spins a yarn about her native Malaysia. The tale recounts the lives of three generations of women in a family--the narr ator, a cloistered convent school girl; the girl's unlucky mother, who does laundry for the convent; and the girl's grandmother, a servant to the rich man who had lived in the mansion that later became the convent. The grandm other stars in this tale, and shares her expertise on the topic of "ghostch asing," with her granddaughter: "Never fit your body into the natural curve s and hollows of the earth or rocks or trees for these are the resting plac es of spirits, who won't appreciate being sat on, or coming back to find yo u there." Yahp's lyrical novel blends sensory impressions and superstitious lore. While facts are repeated without moving the plot forward and aspects of the plot go unexplained (why is the girl's bullying school pal so impor tant to the grandmother?), the story vividly and rhythmically evokes a soci ety where Eastern traditions continuously clash with those imposed by the W est. Muses the girl about her history, "The stories we unearth are like the ruined fountains and garden statues we stumble over, showing only their br oken pieces, their missing bits., HarperCollins, 1993<

ISBN: 9780207170553

HarperCollins. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex libr… More...

HarperCollins. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, thatll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., HarperCollins<

ISBN: 9780207170553

HarperCollins. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex libr… More...

HarperCollins. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., HarperCollins<