Books by Gail Godwin
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review 1: Meh. Helen, the main character, was a precocious and unlikable main character. In many ways she was older than her age, but her self-centeredness was age appropriate. The book does explore guilt, and makes mention of a grown-up Helen still trying to come to terms with the events ...
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review 1: Este livro gira à volta de um segredo que toda uma comunidade esconde. Quando o descobrimos, temos a tendência de pensar «- isto??» e pouco mais. Não gostei muito, mas também não desgostei. Contam-nos como é a vida num colégio interno feminino católico, seguimos algumas alunas e ...
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review 1: Interesting, maybe even intriguing: interwoven lives of students, "old" families, and nun teachers at a boarding school near a fictional Asheville, NC, tracing their lives from the founding of the school by an Irish immigrant through the troubling memories of its fierce headmistr...