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Author:

Holroyd, Michael.

Title:

A book of secrets : illegitimate daughters, absent fathers / Michael Holroyd.

Edition:

1st American ed.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

xiv, 258 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Women--Biography.
Gifted women--Biography.
Daughters--Biography.
Illegitimate children--Biography.
Absentee fathers--Biography.
Unmarried mothers--Biography.
Mistresses--Biography.
Fathers and daughters.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Preface: The world turned upside down -- The importance of being Ernest and some women of no importance -- Ernest goes abroad -- All about Eve -- With Catherine at Cimbrone -- Excitements, earthquakes, and elopements -- Women in love -- Ultraviolet -- Emergency exits -- Looking round -- Epilogue: Time regained -- Afterword: A history of the books -- Family trees.

ISBN:

0374115583 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780374115586 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2011003839

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

NDPD953 -- Forest City Public Library (Forest City)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

BGPE251 -- Perry Public Library (Perry)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)