The Resource The housemaid's daughter, Barbara Mutch
The housemaid's daughter, Barbara Mutch
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The item The housemaid's daughter, Barbara Mutch represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library.
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- Summary
- "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 fiance 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, and later the housemaid'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? Set against the backdrop of a beautiful, yet divided land, The Housemaid's Daughter is a startling and thought-provoking novel that intricately portrays the drama and heartbreak of two women who rise above cruelty to find love, hope, and redemption"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 401 pages
- Note
- Originally published as: Karoo plainsong. Leicester [England] : Matador, 2010
- Isbn
- 9781250016300
- Label
- The housemaid's daughter
- Title
- The housemaid's daughter
- Statement of responsibility
- Barbara Mutch
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 fiance 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, and later the housemaid'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? Set against the backdrop of a beautiful, yet divided land, The Housemaid's Daughter is a startling and thought-provoking novel that intricately portrays the drama and heartbreak of two women who rise above cruelty to find love, hope, and redemption"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mutch, Barbara
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9369.4.M88
- LC item number
- K37 2013
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women pioneers
- Irish fiction
- Apartheid
- South Africa
- South Africa
- Label
- The housemaid's daughter, Barbara Mutch
- Note
- Originally published as: Karoo plainsong. Leicester [England] : Matador, 2010
- Bar code
-
- 31223106438915
- 31223106438931
- 31223106438949
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 401 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250016300
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2013026243
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- bro-upg20131203-153
- bro-cust20140129-153
- System control number
-
- 827256667
- (OCoLC)827256667
- Label
- The housemaid's daughter, Barbara Mutch
- Note
- Originally published as: Karoo plainsong. Leicester [England] : Matador, 2010
- Bar code
-
- 31223106438915
- 31223106438931
- 31223106438949
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 401 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250016300
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2013026243
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- bro-upg20131203-153
- bro-cust20140129-153
- System control number
-
- 827256667
- (OCoLC)827256667
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