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 were even prone to sympathy pains, whereby one would sense when another was down and rally around thedejected party like a shepherd herding a lost sheep. Instinctively, the Barnacle girls knew to keep boys from their.
A Novel Galt Niederhoffer. Instinctively, the Barnacle girls knew to keep boys from their family. They were wary of two possibilities: that the family would scare off theprospective suitor orthat their wealth would entice him. The ...
... knew theboy's identity without another clue. Theboywas Bridget's neighbor and alleged childhood friend, the insidious Billy Finch. The second and prettiest of the Barnacle sisters, Bridgetwas accustomed to using her eyes, which is to ...
... distracting.” She pumped the air with her fist. “Why don't guys understand the stadium isasacred space?” Bridget lowered hervoiceto indicate upcoming sensitive information. “I knew someone whose boyfriend proposed during the 'eightysix.
A Novel Galt Niederhoffer. information. “I knew someone whose boyfriend proposed during the 'eightysix World Series. So the Mets are down at the bottom of the ninth,andthis girl isa big Mets fan, when allof thesudden, she looks up at the ...
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Blue Eyes | |
Excellent Peripheral Vision | |
Insomnia 6 Promiscuity | |
Addictive Tendencies | |
Nurture | |