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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... once, to showcase a new inventionof whichhe was especially proud. The girls, though they spoke and emailed frequently, had scattered across the eastern seaboard like ahandful of tossed coins. Still, eachone heard and heeded the call and ...
... purpose and then several more still. Once familiaritymade abook obsolete, itwas reincarnated in a secondlife, finding a new home and raison d'être somewhere in the apartment. In all cases, a book's placement revealed its.
... once accosted, she could run, kick, or dance her way out of it. The most extroverted of the six, Bridget aspired to beanactress. She saw New Yorkas the stage of her ownslightly cliché melodramain which shewas the heroine and everyone ...
... Once, it wasonthe grounds that he did it wrong. He asked, or rather shoutedit, whenhe was drunk. Once, she disqualified the proposal based on theabsence of aring. Another time, onthegrounds that she deserved a better ring.To be fair ...
... Once,” Blainepaused to steal adevious glance, “we fell forapair of sisters—” “Just lastnight,” Billy interrupted, anxious to silence his brother, “I was on the way to the phone tocall Blaine but it rang before I picked it up.” Billy ...
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Blue Eyes | |
Excellent Peripheral Vision | |
Insomnia 6 Promiscuity | |
Addictive Tendencies | |
Nurture | |