RECENT NOVEL: LARGER THAN LIFE An American Beauty by Shana Abe An American Beauty, Abe’s recent “novel of the Gilded Age” is fascinating historical fiction. Belle Yarrington was a child of poverty. Left a widow, her mother Catherine struggled to feed and clothe her five children. When Belle was fifteen, she arranged for Belle to work …
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