GalvestonGalveston casts a spell ... It is a novel that sweeps you into a long-ago world of passion..love and splendor ... It is an epic of the Texas town they called America's island of lost dreams. It is the saga of three beautiful, headstrong women ... Claire, whose memory of lost love poisoned in the lives of everyone who cared for her. Serena, who sacrificed her last hopes of happiness for the child she would never see. Willa, liberated as only a Texas oil heiress could be..a woman who could have anything - except the secret of her own identity. |
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Page 149
... there were some homes destroyed on Broadway further down from where Pete lives . " " There's no way of getting a full account of it now , " said Rubin . " Last night it was sheer mayhem , nobody stopped long enough to ask questions ...
... there were some homes destroyed on Broadway further down from where Pete lives . " " There's no way of getting a full account of it now , " said Rubin . " Last night it was sheer mayhem , nobody stopped long enough to ask questions ...
Page 341
... there's nothing and no one out there between you and the world anymore . . . Oh , Willa , when I saw my dad before they closed the coffin I had this overpowering urge to grab him by the shoulders and pull him out of there , to say ...
... there's nothing and no one out there between you and the world anymore . . . Oh , Willa , when I saw my dad before they closed the coffin I had this overpowering urge to grab him by the shoulders and pull him out of there , to say ...
Page 425
... there was another way of escap- ing , but I just couldn't be sure , you see ? " " Well , there's only one way to find out , and that's to track her down . Now , let's go on from there . You never said whether the fire wagons arrived ...
... there was another way of escap- ing , but I just couldn't be sure , you see ? " " Well , there's only one way to find out , and that's to track her down . Now , let's go on from there . You never said whether the fire wagons arrived ...
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