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(0)Mary Beth Keane
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Pub. Date
2013
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English
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From the bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes, a novel about the woman known as "Typhoid Mary," who becomes, "in Keane's assured hands...a sympathetic, complex, and even inspiring character" (O, The Oprah Magazine).
Mary Beth Keane has written a spectacularly bold and intriguing novel about the woman known as "Typhoid Mary," the first person in America identified as a healthy carrier of Typhoid Fever.
On the eve of...
Mary Beth Keane has written a spectacularly bold and intriguing novel about the woman known as "Typhoid Mary," the first person in America identified as a healthy carrier of Typhoid Fever.
On the eve of...
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English
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A novel of two sisters' lives, spanning from 1950s Ireland to modern-day America. Greta Cahill never believed she would leave her village in west Ireland. Yet one day she found herself on a ship bound for New York, along with her sister, Johanna, and a boy named Michael Ward, a son of itinerant tinkers. Back home, her family hadn't expressed much confidence in her abilities, but Greta discovers that in America she can fall in love, earn a living,...
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Español
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Una novela imprescindible sobre la increíble historial de una cocinera de Nueva York, conocida en su época como 'la persona más peligrosa de América', que nos ilustra sobre la actual pandemia y la necesidad del confinamiento y que se convertirá en serie de la mano de Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men y El cuento de la criada).
Mary la Tifoidea: ¿un monstruo egoísta o una inocente perseguida?
La llamaban Mary la Tifoidea. Creían que estaba enferma, que...
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Español
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En vísperas del siglo XX, Mary Mallon emigró de Irlanda a los quince años para abrirse paso en Nueva York. Valiente, obstinada y soñando con ser cocinera, luchó por ascender desde el escalón más bajo de la escala de servicio doméstico. Astuta y emprendedora, se metió en la cocina y descubrió que poseía el talento de un verdadero chef. Buscada por la aristocracia de Nueva York, y con una independencia poco frecuente para una mujer de la...