Sleeping BeautiesLike her much-acclaimed previous novels, Susanna Moore's Sleeping Beauties is set in Hawaii, whose shimmering beauty and melancholy traditions are both seductive and dangerously hard to leave. Or so they prove for Clio, who marries a well-known Hollywood actor--providing her with the promise of escape from the entanglements of island life. "From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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Page 120
Susanna Moore. lanai were tableaux painted in the 1930s of natives beating kapa , hauling in nets of fish , planting taro ... lanai and sat down , taking a puzzle book from a basket of magazines next to her chair . She opened a cloth ...
Susanna Moore. lanai were tableaux painted in the 1930s of natives beating kapa , hauling in nets of fish , planting taro ... lanai and sat down , taking a puzzle book from a basket of magazines next to her chair . She opened a cloth ...
Page 212
... lanai . Although the front door was never locked , she did not want to go inside that house . Clio wondered if Burta and Tommy might be on the lanai , perhaps sharing a papaya , but no one was there . She saw Steamy . He was on the lawn ...
... lanai . Although the front door was never locked , she did not want to go inside that house . Clio wondered if Burta and Tommy might be on the lanai , perhaps sharing a papaya , but no one was there . She saw Steamy . He was on the lawn ...
Page 217
... lanai . " " A man ? " Tadashi nodded and pointed to the garden . Clio had hoped to rest before seeing Tommy . She wiped her face and hands with a towel and went out the kitchen door . Sitting on the lanai with Emma and Mabel was a man ...
... lanai . " " A man ? " Tadashi nodded and pointed to the garden . Clio had hoped to rest before seeing Tommy . She wiped her face and hands with a towel and went out the kitchen door . Sitting on the lanai with Emma and Mabel was a man ...
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