![]() ![]() The light was stronger now, and I swam slowly, wanting to take my time before leaving the river. She lived most of her life in Exile in France and Switzerland away from the Franco regime only returning later on in her life to Spain towards the end of the Franco years. her novel The time of the doves has been considered the greatest Catalan novel. Merce Rodoreda was considered one of the leading novelist of her time. This book came out a few years ago in the US and earlier this year here as part of a new penguin series into European voices. Well, I read the first of my post-holiday reads in a day. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Sukey runs to the mermaid for help and receives a pearl that brings Dembo back to life. Mister Jones kills Dembo and grabs the gold. ![]() Many men come courting her, but soon enough Dembo shows up and Sukey falls in love with him. When he sees the bag of gold he decides to steal it. Sure enough, Sukey is welcomed home by her joyful ma and mean-hearted step-pa. She tells Sukey that many men are going to court her but she must only marry a man named Dembo. Mama Jo brings her back reluctantly and sends a bag of gold with her. Sukey is happy at first but she misses other human voices and begs to be returned to her home. Sukey runs away and Mama Jo takes her under the sea to live in comfort and beauty. They try to capture the mermaid but fail. Sukey’s ma spies on them and tells the step father. Mama Jo becomes her friend and gives her gold coins every day to give to her parents so she will be able to come and spend the day with her. She escapes one day to sit beside the sea and meets the mermaid Mama Jo, who is lovely brown-skinned, black-eyed and green-haired. He forces her to work all day hoeing the garden and doing chores around the house. Her mother is married to “Mister Jones” but to Sukey he is “Mr. Sukey is a young girl living in a sagging cabin on an island off the coast of South Carolina. San Souci, illustrated by Brian Pinkney, Simon & Schuster, 1992. ![]() ![]() ![]() In a desperate attempt to hide the young girls, Lance and Felicia agree to a marriage of convenience, a decision that will change their lives-and hearts-forever. ![]() With the dark enemy in pursuit, Lance and Felicia must put aside their differences to outrun King Ethelwulf and prevent him from killing the princesses. As Lance makes plans to sneak the princesses out of the capital city, he doesn’t need or want Lady Felicia’s help. Gravely wounded in battle and knowing all is lost to his enemy, the king of Mercia tasks Lance, one of his fiercest elite guards, to protect his family along with keys to an ancient treasure. With the castle overrun by King Ethelwulf’s invading army, Lady Felicia vows to do whatever she can to take the newborn princesses and their three-year old sister to safety, even though it means sacrificing everything she holds dear, possibly her own life. ![]() On the verge of dying after giving birth to twins, the queen of Mercia pleads with Lady Felicia to save her infant daughters. They must work together to save three princesses from certain death. ![]() |