The sworn virgin : a novel / Kristopher Dukes.
When Eleanora's father is shot dead in the streets of Albania in 1910, she must abandon her dreams and struggle to survive in a remote mountain village with her stepmother Meria. Nearing starvation, Meria secretly sells Eleanora into marriage with the cruel heir of a powerful clan. Intent on keeping her freedom, Eleanora takes an oath to remain a virgin for the rest of her lifea tradition that gives her the right to live as a man: she is now head of her household and can work for a living as well as carry a gun. When an injured stranger stumbles into her life, Eleanora nurses him back to health, saving his lifeyet risking her own.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062660749
- ISBN: 0062660748
- Physical Description: 328, 12 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
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General Note: | Includes P.S. insights, interviews, & more... |
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Subject: | Forced marriage > Fiction. Sex role > Fiction. Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Albania > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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- 10 of 10 copies available at Sitka.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Glenwood and Souris Regional Library | F DUKES 2017 (Text) | 367640000142859 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Burns Lake Public Library | AF DUK (Text) | 35198000642380 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Castlegar Public Library | FIC DUK (Text) | 35146002109569 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library | F DUK (Text) | DCL161724 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Fort St. James Public Library | DUK (Text) | 35196000256979 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Mayne Island Reading Centre | DUK (Text) | 33128000113423 | Fiction - Hardcover | Volume hold | Available | - |
Pemberton and District Public Library | F DUK (Text) | 31894000528538 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Whistler Public Library | FIC DUK (Text) | 33987001198166 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
McBride | Fic Gen-Fic Duk (Text) | 35191000300729 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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