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"Haunted by her sister's mysterious disappearance, Lucy Wilson arrives in Rowan County, Kentucky, in the spring of 1911 to work for Cora Wilson Stewart, superintendent of education. When Cora sends Lucy into the hills to act as scribe for the mountain people, she is repelled by the primitive conditions and intellectual poverty she encounters. Few adults can read and write. Born in those hills, Cora knows the plague of illiteracy. So does Brother Wyatt,...
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Though the Great Depression is behind the them, troubles are not, for Europe is at war. It can only be a matter of time before the U.S. enters the fray. In the town of Hope River, midwife Patience Hester's husband, Daniel has vowed never to take up arms again; he saw too much bloodshed during the First World War. When he is imprisoned for his beliefs, Patience and their four children are left vulnerable, while she tries to keep her practice running...
4) The rag coat
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Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1991
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English
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Minna proudly wears her new coat made of clothing scraps to school, where the other children laugh at her until she tells them the stories behind the scraps.
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Conjuring Reality
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2019.
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English
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Nathan Thomas feels grateful for his loving family and a steady job in a town where work is scarce. Still haunted by a deadly accident that severed his closedt friendships, he hopes his bad luck is well behind him. But a fresh betrayal and a shocking revelation could take everything he loves away. His marriage strained to the breaking point, Nathan's forced to confront his devasting youth for answers. As he fights for his family, will accepting the...
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