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For years, the best that young girls from the backwater village of Alta Gracia couldhope for was a position in the Big House, home of the immensely powerful andpolitically influential Goyena family. So, when Señ orita Delia Lugghi - enigmaticteacher and devout Peró nist - arrives from Buenos Aires to found a state school inthe village, the future of Milagros Riquelme suddenly seems to be full of possibilities.But change rarely does come easily. Inspired by true events, this story charts a lifeof tragedy, love, and missed opportunity, as Milagros goes from girlhood to old age.all the while being forced to navigate the violent landscape of Argentina in the mid-twentieth century.
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The Stone Maidens, Ioulia Kolovou
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2022
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- Titolo
- The Stone Maidens
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Ioulia Kolovou
- Editore
- Blackwater Press
- Pubblicato
- 2022
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 288
- ISBN10
- 1735774766
- ISBN13
- 9781735774763
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa
- Valutazione
- 4,5 su 5
- Descrizione
- For years, the best that young girls from the backwater village of Alta Gracia couldhope for was a position in the Big House, home of the immensely powerful andpolitically influential Goyena family. So, when Señ orita Delia Lugghi - enigmaticteacher and devout Peró nist - arrives from Buenos Aires to found a state school inthe village, the future of Milagros Riquelme suddenly seems to be full of possibilities.But change rarely does come easily. Inspired by true events, this story charts a lifeof tragedy, love, and missed opportunity, as Milagros goes from girlhood to old age.all the while being forced to navigate the violent landscape of Argentina in the mid-twentieth century.