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Author:
Margall, Gabriela, 1977- author.
Title:
La institutriz / Gabriela Margall.
Edition:
Primera edición.
Translated Title:
Governess eng
Publisher:
Ediciones B,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
394 pags ; 24 cm
Subject:
Governesses--Fiction.
Family secrets--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Buenos Aires (Argentina)--Fiction.
Spanish language materials.
Summary:
"¿A qǔ lugar pertenecemos? ¿Al lugar donde nacimos o all̕ donde nos enamoramos? Elizabeth Shaw es una joven hǔrfana que lleva quince ąos huyendo de su pasado y trabajando como institutriz de nįos y jovencitas de la alta sociedad de Buenos Aires. Cuando por fin decide volver a su pequęo pueblo natal del sur de Inglaterra, un ͠ltimo encargo la retiene en la capital argentina: una familia a la que est̀ fuertemente unida requiere sus servicios. A pesar de que supone un retraso en sus planes, agradecida por la ayuda que la familia le brind̤ durante ąos, Elizabeth decide aceptar el trabajo. Sin embargo, pronto se dar̀ cuenta de que no se trata de una tarea cualquiera. Tendr̀ que trabajar en la casa de Tom̀s Hunter, un antiguo amor con un oscuro pasado, y deber̀ hacerse cargo de dos nįos que le cambiar̀n la vida para siempre. Mientras entre Tom̀s y Elizabeth resurge la atracci̤n, los secretos saldr̀n a luz y la joven tendr̀ que enfrentarse a su origen y preguntarse a qǔ lugar pertenece realmente su coraz̤n." -- Back cover.
"Where do we belong? To the place where we were born or where we fell in love? Elizabeth Shaw is a young orphan who has been running away from her past for fifteen years and working as a governess for children and young women from the high society of Buenos Aires. When by Finally, she decides to return to her small hometown in the south of England, one last assignment keeps her in the Argentine capital: a family to which she is strongly attached requires her services. Despite the delay in her plans, she is grateful for the help that the family gave her for years, Elizabeth decides to accept the job. However, she soon realizes that it is not just any task. She will have to work in the house of Tom̀s Hunter, an old flame with a dark past, and She must take care of two children who will change her life forever. While the attraction between Tom̀s and Elizabeth resurfaces, secrets will come to light and the young woman will have to face her origins and wonder where she belongs. e really the heart of it." -- Back covers.
ISBN:
9788466670265
8466670262
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1262799421
Locations:
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

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