Caroline Lea
1) Prize women
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In Toronto 1926, a childless millionaire leaves behind a controversial will in which the recipient of his fortune will be the woman who bears the most children in the 10 years after his death--a bequest that has dramatic consequences for the lives of two women.
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When Rósa begins to hear strange noises from upstairs in her new husband's home, she turns to the local women in an attempt to find solace. But the villager's words are even more troubling--confirming many of the rumors about Jón's first wife, Anna, including that he buried her body alone in the middle of the night. Rósa's isolation begins to play tricks on her mind: What--or who--is in the attic?
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"In the wake of the Allies' victory in North Africa, 1,000 Italian soldiers have been sent to a remote island off the Scottish coast to wait out the war. Their arrival has divided the island's community. Nerves frayed from three years of war and the constant threat of invasion, many locals fear the enemy prisoners and do not want them there. Where their neighbors see bloodthirsty enemies, however, orphaned sisters Dorothy and Constance see sick and...
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El paisaje inhóspito y desfigurado por la lava puede tragarse a un hombre sin que los volcanes exhalen un solo suspiro.
Islandia, 1686. Tras su inesperado compromiso matrimonial con Jon Eriksson, Rosa abandona su hogar para instalarse en la remota e inhóspita aldea de Stykkisholmur. Pero sus nuevos vecinos desconfían de los forasteros. Sobre todo, de una mujer que, como ella, procede de los misteriosos umbrales de la civilización.
Pero Rosa también...
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