Daughter Of Fortune
Book Description
FROM THE OPENING PARAGRAPHS: "ELIZA: EVERYONE IS BORN WITH SOME SPECIAL TALENT, AND ELIZA SOMMERS DISCOVERED EARLY ON THAT SHE HAD TWO: A GOOD SENSE OF SMELL AND A GOOD MEMORY. SHE USED THE FIRST TO EARN A LIVING AND THE SECOND TO RECALL HER LIFE-IF NOT IN PRECISE DETAIL, AT LEAST WITH AN ASTROLOGER'S POETIC VAGUENESS. THE THINGS WE FORGET MAY AS WELL NEVER HAVE HAPPENED, BUT SHE HAD MANY MEMORIES...
MoreFROM THE OPENING PARAGRAPHS: "ELIZA: EVERYONE IS BORN WITH SOME SPECIAL TALENT, AND ELIZA SOMMERS DISCOVERED EARLY ON THAT SHE HAD TWO: A GOOD SENSE OF SMELL AND A GOOD MEMORY. SHE USED THE FIRST TO EARN A LIVING AND THE SECOND TO RECALL HER LIFE-IF NOT IN PRECISE DETAIL, AT LEAST WITH AN ASTROLOGER'S POETIC VAGUENESS. THE THINGS WE FORGET MAY AS WELL NEVER HAVE HAPPENED, BUT SHE HAD MANY MEMORIES, BOTH REAL AND ILLUSORY, AND THAT WAS LIKE LIVING TWICE. SHE USED TO TELL HER FAITHFUL FRIEND, THE SAGE TAO CHI'EN, THAT HER MEMORY WAS LIKE THE HOLD OF THE SHIP WHERE THEY HAD COME TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER; VAST AND SOMBER, BURSTING WITH BOXES, BARRELS AND SACKS IN WHICH ALL THE EVENTS OF HER LIFE WERE JAMMED. AWAKE IT WAS DIFFICULT TO FIND ANYTHING IN THAT CHAOTIC CLUTTER, BUT ASLEEP SHE COULD, JUST AS MAMA FREISA HAD TAUGHT HER IN THE GENTLE NIGHTS OF HER CHILDHOOD, WHEN THE COUNTOURS OF REALITY WERE AS FAINT AS A TRACERY OF PALE INK. SHE ENTERED THE PLACE OF HER DREAMS ALONG A MUCH TRAVELED PATH AND RETURNED TREADING VERY CAREFULLY IN ORDER NOT TO SHATTER THE TENUOUS VISIONS AGAINST THE HARSH LIGHT OF CONASCIOUSNESS." INCLUDES: TABLE OF CONTENTS: PART ONE 1843-1848 --ELIZA --THE ENGLISH --SENORITAS --A RUINED REPUTATION --SUITORS --MISS ROSE --LOVE PART TWO: 1848-1849 --THE NEWS --THE FAREWELL --FOURTH SON --TAO CHI'EN --THE VOYAGE --THE ARGONAUTS --THE SECRET PART THREE: 1850-1853 --EL DORADO --BUSINESS DEALINGS --SOILED DOVES --DISILLUSION --SINGSONG GIRLS --JOAQUIN --AN UNUSUAL PAIR
| Publisher | HarperTorch / Harper Collins |
| Binding | Paperback (38 editions) |
| Reading Level | Uncategorized
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| # of Pages | 399 |
| ISBN-10 | 0965275167 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0965275163 |
| Publication Date | /1999 |
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