Kim Edwards
1) Cadence
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English
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Zealots and gangsters and Voids, oh my. Sometimes working for the god of sex and music isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Lucas Andrews, known as 'Lucky' to his friends, is on the run. As a Host, he willingly shares his body with the spirit of Izadore, one of Ihy's 72 sons and daughters from Ancient Egypt. Hunted by religious extremists, their music-inspired powers spiraling out of control, the pair flees to New York City in order to pursue the only...
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Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
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Award-winning writer Kim Edwards's The Memory Keeper's Daughter is a brilliantly crafted family drama that explores every mother's silent fear: what would happen if you lost your child and she grew up without you? On a winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced by a blizzard to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy. Yet when his daughter is born, he sees immediately that she has Down's syndrome. Rationalizing it as...
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Mu ma wen xue volume 19
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
中文(繁體)
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To spare his wife the hardship of raising a baby with Down Syndrome, the doctor tried to kill the baby. But the presiding nurse took it and raised the baby as her own. The joy and pain experienced by the two families form a stark contrast in the story.