Easter IslandDial Press, 2003 - 308 pages But, out of contact with the outside world, she is unaware that World War I has been declared and that a German naval squadron, fleeing the British across the South Pacific, is heading to the island she now considers home." "Sixty years later, Dr. Greer Farraday, an American botanist, travels to Easter Island to research the island's ancient pollen, but more important, to put back the pieces of her life after the death of her husband.". |
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... felt his hand , firm and proud , settle on her back . " You and me . " Just as she began to feel the happiness of her achievement , the bulb above them sputtered , and Greer heard a drip from the corner . She looked over and saw a leak ...
... felt his hand , firm and proud , settle on her back . " You and me . " Just as she began to feel the happiness of her achievement , the bulb above them sputtered , and Greer heard a drip from the corner . She looked over and saw a leak ...
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... felt happiness , in all its perfect confusion , rise like tears . She leaned forward and kissed him — a burst of heat in the cold . " Merry Christmas , " she said . He smiled . And she felt the numbness begin to slip from her . She felt ...
... felt happiness , in all its perfect confusion , rise like tears . She leaned forward and kissed him — a burst of heat in the cold . " Merry Christmas , " she said . He smiled . And she felt the numbness begin to slip from her . She felt ...
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... felt his fingers trace three careful seams along her scalp , felt a pleasant coolness as he lifted the hair from her neck and began to weave . With each slow stitch of the braid , her mind blurred . In her dreams , she saw the emerald ...
... felt his fingers trace three careful seams along her scalp , felt a pleasant coolness as he lifted the hair from her neck and began to weave . With each slow stitch of the braid , her mind blurred . In her dreams , she saw the emerald ...
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