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Patrick Quinn

    Deze auteur duikt in de complexiteit van menselijke relaties en ethische dilemma's. Hun werken worden geprezen om hun scherpe inzichten in karakterpsychologie en hun meeslepende proza. Lezers waarderen de diepte van hun verhalen en hun tot nadenken stemmende benadering. Het schrijven bevat vaak elementen van ironie en subtiele maatschappijkritiek.

    One hundred names
    Signs of Spring
    • Signs of Spring

      • 152bladzijden
      • 6 uur lezen

      Deep in the Minnesota north woods, twelve-year-old hearing-impaired Eddie learns the true meaning of home and gains knowledge of his Indian culture from his great-grandfather.

      Signs of Spring
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    • The uplifting and thoughtful novel from the uniquely talented author. Everyone has a story to tell... Journalist Kitty Logan's career has been destroyed by scandal, and she now faces losing the woman who guided her and taught her everything she knew. At her mentor's bedside, Kitty asks her - what is the one story she always wanted to write? The answer lies in a file buried in Constance's office: a list of one hundred names. There is no synopsis, no explanation, nothing else to explain what the story is or who these people are. The list is simply a mystery. But before Kitty can talk to her friend, it is too late. With everything to prove, Kitty is assigned the most important task of her life - to write the story her mentor never had the opportunity to. Kitty has to not only track down and meet the people on the list, but find out what connects them. And, in the process of hearing ordinary people's stories, she uncovers Constance's - and starts to understand her own...

      One hundred names
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