The housemaid's daughter
(Large Print)
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2014.
Format
Large Print
Edition
Large print edition.
ISBN
9781410467348, 1410467341
Physical Desc
591 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
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Warwick Public - Large Print | L.P. FIC MUTCH | On Shelf |
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2014.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781410467348, 1410467341
Notes
General Note
First published in 2010 as Karoo Plainsong.
Description
When Cathleen Harrington leaves her home in Ireland in 1919 to travel to South Africa, she knows that she does not love the man she is to marry there -- her fiancé Edward, whom she has not seen for five years. Isolated and estranged in a small town in the harsh Karoo desert, her only real companions are her diary and her housemaid, Miriam and later Miriam's daughter, Ada. When Ada is born, Cathleen recognizes in her someone she can love and respond to in a way that she cannot with her own family. Under Cathleen's tutelage, Ada grows into an accomplished pianist and a reader who cannot resist turning the pages of the diary, discovering the secrets Cathleen sought to hide. As they grow closer, Ada sees new possibilities in front of her -- a new horizon. But in one night, everything changes, and Cathleen comes home from a trip to find that Ada has disappeared, scorned by her own community. Cathleen must make a choice: should she conform to society, or search for the girl who has become closer to her than her own daughter?
Subjects
LC Subjects
Apartheid -- Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Coming-of-age stories.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Interracial friendship -- Fiction.
Irish fiction -- South Africa.
Large print books.
Race relations -- Fiction.
Social pressure -- Fiction.
South Africa -- History -- 1909-1961 -- Fiction.
South Africa -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
Women pioneers -- Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Coming-of-age stories.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Interracial friendship -- Fiction.
Irish fiction -- South Africa.
Large print books.
Race relations -- Fiction.
Social pressure -- Fiction.
South Africa -- History -- 1909-1961 -- Fiction.
South Africa -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
Women pioneers -- Fiction.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Mutch, B. (2014). The housemaid's daughter (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mutch, Barbara. 2014. The Housemaid's Daughter. Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mutch, Barbara. The Housemaid's Daughter Thorndike Press, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mutch, Barbara. The Housemaid's Daughter Large print edition., Thorndike Press, 2014.
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