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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... woman's face . She had the solidity of one who had seen sons , husbands , whole nations , fall , but the gentleness of one who feared admitting the milk was finished , or that ... woman is doctora . And the woman drive 24 Jennifer Vanderbes.
... woman's face . She had the solidity of one who had seen sons , husbands , whole nations , fall , but the gentleness of one who feared admitting the milk was finished , or that ... woman is doctora . And the woman drive 24 Jennifer Vanderbes.
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... woman scanned the horizon . " Hermoso ! " Greer repeated . " Vai kava nehe nehe , " the woman said , her voice low and brittle , almost lost in the rumble of the water . She turned toward the cliff and disappeared . Sliding forward ...
... woman scanned the horizon . " Hermoso ! " Greer repeated . " Vai kava nehe nehe , " the woman said , her voice low and brittle , almost lost in the rumble of the water . She turned toward the cliff and disappeared . Sliding forward ...
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... woman , Alice is left in her camisole and bloomers . When the woman sees Alice open the satchel , stroke the soft leather of its sides , then close her eyes and hum , she freezes . With concern she looks to Elsa , then Edward . Finally ...
... woman , Alice is left in her camisole and bloomers . When the woman sees Alice open the satchel , stroke the soft leather of its sides , then close her eyes and hum , she freezes . With concern she looks to Elsa , then Edward . Finally ...
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