A Taxonomy of Barnacles: A NovelSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 24 դեկ, 2013 թ. - 384 էջ The Barnacle sisters--Bell, Bridget, Benita, Beryl, Belinda and Beth--have been raised in New York bytheir eccentric, self-made father in a fabulous, gigantic Fifth Avenue apartment that, encrusted with Barry Barnacle's scientific collections, feels like a little piece of the Museum of Natural History transplanted to the other side of Central Park. Now that most of the sisters have come of age, Barry Barnacle proposes a contest, a test of wits and wills that should at long last settle what is to Barry the most essential of all questions: nature, or nurture? Whichever of his daughters can most spectacularly carry on his name will inherit his fortune; the others are out cold. |
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... bedrooms. No one in the Finch family shared a roomwithhis sister. And,of course, no girls marred the birth order of the Finches' twohandsome sons,who boasted, in addition to their gender and good looks, the shocking perk of being ...
... bedroom black when Bella claimed light depressed her. She even dressed for comic effect,wearing black, brown,and blueso asto resemblea bruise; she claimed thiswas the truestate of her inner self. Still, despite Beth's fashion faux pas ...
... bedroom window.Discouraged but not dissuaded, Beth moved onto moremundane subjects, availing herself of Central Park's variedflora and fauna. Hours were spent teasing pollenfrom stamens, coaxing bees from blossomtobud, inserting ...
... bedroom. “I thinkit's romantic,” said Bridget. “I think it's creepy,” said Beth. “Believeit ornot,I agree with Beth,” said Belinda. “The point of getting married is to escape your family, not crawl back into the womb.” The symbolic ...
... as to the stateof their mother's mentalhealth and allfoursistersadjourned toa bedroom to discuss the matterin private, leaving Trotblessedly alone. 2 WellDefined Lips Again, Trot felt and fought theurgetohideunder thesofa.
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Blue Eyes | |
Excellent Peripheral Vision | |
Insomnia 6 Promiscuity | |
Addictive Tendencies | |
Nurture | |