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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... girls.Both parents hadbrown eyes. All the girls had blue. Barry was severely nearsighted. Thegirls had perfect vision. Bella's eyebrows werebushy and brown and furrowed even when she was in a good mood. The girls' were thin and arched ...
... girl sotall and nimble, so bold and yet sovery graceful, so skilled at hoisting herself from her window into the city night. “Someday,” her sister Bridget would warn her, “this window will be lockedwhen you getback.” “Someday is not ...
... girls marred the birth order of the Finches' twohandsome sons,who boasted, in addition to their gender and good ... girls and the twins, theboys delighted bythe auspicious boygirl ratio and the girls happyto experiment with such ...
... girls sensed trouble. Barry was an atheist and never celebrated Passover. He only called all six girls together toinform them ofan illnessin the family, to dispensewith cryptic information about the family'sfinances, and, once, to ...
... girls stilllived athome. Of all the girls, Bell was the most skeptical of her father. Since adolescence, she had filtered him through a sieve of sorts, evaluatinghis various notionswithmixed curiosity andmistrust. Due tothedegree ...
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Blue Eyes | |
Excellent Peripheral Vision | |
Insomnia 6 Promiscuity | |
Addictive Tendencies | |
Nurture | |