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A dusty box discovered in the wreckage of a once prosperous plantation on Agate Hill in North Carolina contains the remnants of an extraordinary life: diaries, letters, poems, songs, newspaper clippings, court records, marbles, rocks, dolls, and bones. It's through these treasured mementos that we meet Molly Petree.Raised in those ruins and orphaned by the Civil War, Molly is a refugee who has no interest in self-pity. When a mysterious benefactor appears out her father's past to rescue her, she never looks back.Spanning half a century, On Agate Hill follows Molly’s passionate, picaresque journey through love, betrayal, motherhood, a murder trial―and back home to Agate Hill under circumstances she never could have imagined.
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On Agate Hill, Lee Smith, Shannon Ravenel
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2006
- Reliure
- (rigide)
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- Titre
- On Agate Hill
- Sous-titre
- A Novel
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Lee Smith, Shannon Ravenel
- Éditeur
- A Shannon Ravenel Book
- Publié
- 2006
- Format
- rigide
- Pages
- 367
- ISBN10
- 1565124529
- ISBN13
- 9781565124523
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Polars & Thrillers, Romans historiques, Polars, Amour, Famille, Série Policier, Guerre civile
- Évaluation
- 3,75 sur 5
- Description
- A dusty box discovered in the wreckage of a once prosperous plantation on Agate Hill in North Carolina contains the remnants of an extraordinary life: diaries, letters, poems, songs, newspaper clippings, court records, marbles, rocks, dolls, and bones. It's through these treasured mementos that we meet Molly Petree.Raised in those ruins and orphaned by the Civil War, Molly is a refugee who has no interest in self-pity. When a mysterious benefactor appears out her father's past to rescue her, she never looks back.Spanning half a century, On Agate Hill follows Molly’s passionate, picaresque journey through love, betrayal, motherhood, a murder trial―and back home to Agate Hill under circumstances she never could have imagined.