The Women of Brewster PlaceThe women of Brewster Place are "hard-edged, soft-centered, brutally demanding, and easily pleased". In their stories, Gloria Naylor has created a community of women that has touched thousands of readers across the country. Now the basis for a November 1988, ABC-TV, three-hour movie, starring Oprah Winfrey. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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... daughter ? They could never tell which . And if they cared to ask , he probably could have told them , but after a ... daughters as they milled like determined spirits among its decay , trying to make it a home . Nutmeg arms leaned over ...
... daughter ? They could never tell which . And if they cared to ask , he probably could have told them , but after a ... daughters as they milled like determined spirits among its decay , trying to make it a home . Nutmeg arms leaned over ...
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... daughter's assortment of diapered and bottled dolls stared back from their neat row with fixed smiles . They reluctantly bowed in the face of her quiet reproach and soothed their bruised authority by giving her cheaper and cheaper baby ...
... daughter's assortment of diapered and bottled dolls stared back from their neat row with fixed smiles . They reluctantly bowed in the face of her quiet reproach and soothed their bruised authority by giving her cheaper and cheaper baby ...
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... daughter's " Mornin ' , Daddy Ben " as she dragged her twisted foot up his front porch with that song hitting her in the back . Swing low " Mornin ' , Ben . Mornin ' , Elvira . " Sweet chariot The red pick - up truck stopped in front of ...
... daughter's " Mornin ' , Daddy Ben " as she dragged her twisted foot up his front porch with that song hitting her in the back . Swing low " Mornin ' , Ben . Mornin ' , Elvira . " Sweet chariot The red pick - up truck stopped in front of ...
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