Empress of the splendid season / Oscar Hijuelos

By:

Hijuelos, Oscar [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : HarperFlamingo, [1999]Edition: First editionDescription: 342 pagesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0060175702

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Domestic fiction

DDC classification:

Summary: In 1940s New York, a rich man's daughter from Cuba falls in love with a waiter. They marry, have children and when he falls ill and is unable to work, she becomes the sole breadwinner, working as a cleaning woman. But one day her cleaning job will bring luck. By the author of Mr. Ives' Christmas.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	Project 8 Branch Fiction Area	Fiction	Fic H639e 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	124521d

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In 1940s New York, a rich man's daughter from Cuba falls in love with a waiter. They marry, have children and when he falls ill and is unable to work, she becomes the sole breadwinner, working as a cleaning woman. But one day her cleaning job will bring luck. By the author of Mr. Ives' Christmas.

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