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Aug 1, 1919 — Jul 25, 2009· 89 yrs

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND AUTHOR · FICTION · GENERAL

Stanley Middleton

Also known as: Stanley. Middleton, Stanley MIDDLETON

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Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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The old man squinted at the sunshine dazzling through the branches and leaves of limes and sycamores.

— from Necessary Ends, 1999

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#2

Valley of Decision

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This novel is set in eighteenth-century Italy and focuses on the rise and conflicts of Odo Valsecca, who deals with virtually every social class of the period. Here Wharton pits folks inspired by the antireligious thoughts of Rousseau and Voltaire against the orthodox leaders of the day. This is a long and complex novel.

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The Other Side

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This is the first collection of stories by the best-selling Dutch writer Marga Minco to appear in English. In several of these, the German Occupation of Holland is relived in the post-war period through a series of vivid vignettes. Others evoke childhood anxieties and social embarrassment, the wish-fulfillment of a spinster and romantic reverie of a young married woman. A girl makes a desperate last attempt to save her parents from transportation to a concentration camp; a Jewish wedding takes place on the eve of the Nazi Diaspora; a neighbour betrays his wartime affiliation by whistling a tell-tale tune. There is a taut episode of shoplifting and portrayal of a patient who suspects she has cancer. Marga Minco has a masterful, subtle talent for projecting the human predicament with telling understatement. Her stories, like her novels, are poignant and compassionate yet never mawkish, and the observation is always sharp.

#3

Still Waters

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STILL WATERS RUN DEEP... When Elizabeth Stuart searched for a quiet, peaceful home for herself and her son, Still Creek seemed perfect. Nestled in the heart of lush Amish farmlands, this small, idyllic Minnesota town would allow her to put a shattering divorce behind her. But the locals were noticeably cool to the newcomer-who was rumored to be a gold digger-especially when she started stirring up controversy with her newspaper. And now when a murdered body literally falls at her feet, she has a slight credibility problem ...particularly with the arrogant sheriff whose blue eves seem to know her darkest secrets. INTO A RISING TIDE OF DESIRE-- An ex-pro athlete who had returned to Still Creek a hero Sheriff Dane Jantzen doesn't have much use for the media-- especially not in the form of this glamorous, gutsy outsider who spells trouble with every word she prints. So when she becomes his suspect in a vicious crime, the last thing Dane expects is the jolt of attraction at their every encounter. AND DANGER Elizabeth would soon challenge Dane's every assumption, including the one that he's better off without love. But as they risk everything to uncover the truth, the current of evil that contaminates Still Creek threatens to pull them both under...

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