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Jun 7, 1899 — Feb 22, 1973· 73 yrs

IRELAND AUTHOR · FICTION · GENERAL

Elizabeth Bowen

Also known as: Bitha Bowen, Elizabeth Bowen Cameron, Dorothea Cole., Bowen

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Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen was an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer.

Dublin, Ireland
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Maria Concepcion walked carefully, keeping to the middle of the white dusty road, where the maguey thorns and the treacherous curved spines of organ cactus had not gathered so profusely.

— from Short stories

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#2

The death of the heart

4.3 (3)

Story about the havoc wrought by inharmonious relationships in a middle-class English family.

#1

The Heat of the Day

3.5 (2)

Wartime London, where the 'hot yellow sands of each screen's bring little relief from the fears of the night before and the dead—alive yesterday—still inhabit the city. A new intimacy evolves among those who have not fled, and the carelessness of people with no future flows through the evening air. Stella is part of this society. Living in strange rooms, she holds on to the past and weaves the present around Robert, her lover, and Roderick, her son. Then she discovers that Robert is suspected of selling information to the enemy and that Harrison, who is trailing Robert, wants to bargain, the price for his silence being Stella herself. Slowly, the flimsy structures of Stella's life begin to break in pieces around her...

#3

The mulberry tree

3.0 (1)

She had a perfect life. Then she got a real life…. For nearly twenty years, quiet, unassuming Lillian Manville has devoted herself to her self-made billionaire husband — and enjoyed a luxurious life of splendid homes, trips, jewels, and clothes. But when James Manville dies in a plane crash, Lillian’s grief is compounded by a shocking mystery: all that Jimmie has left to her is an old farmhouse in tiny Calburn, Virginia. Now, Lillian’s unexpected circumstances are leading her to a made-over life in Calburn, an exciting businessŠand a sweet new love with a handsome local man. But will she have the courage to unveil the truth surrounding a past scandal and the loss of her husband? The answers may be as close as the mulberry tree in her yard — and Lillian must dig deep within herself to Wght the secrets and lies that threaten to uproot the past she cherished and the future she treasures….This lush bestseller shines with the passion, intrigue, and warmth that is Jude Deveraux at her best.

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