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Meet the Slepys: Dick, the stern doctor, the naïve husband, a man devoted to both facts and faith; Seena, the storyteller, the restless wife, a mother of four, a lover of myth. And their children, the Marys: Mary Grace, the devastating beauty; Mary Tessa, the insistent inquisitor; Mary Catherine, t...

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Main Author: Meldrum, Christina
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Gallery Books, 2011.
Edition:1st Gallery Books trade pbk. ed.
Subjects:
Family secrets > Fiction.
Married people > Fiction.
Stay-at-home mothers > Fiction.
Teenage girls > Fiction.
Americans > Africa, West > Fiction.
Trials (Murder) > Fiction.
Domestic fiction > Africa.
Psychological fiction > Africa.
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Summary:Meet the Slepys: Dick, the stern doctor, the naïve husband, a man devoted to both facts and faith; Seena, the storyteller, the restless wife, a mother of four, a lover of myth. And their children, the Marys: Mary Grace, the devastating beauty; Mary Tessa, the insistent inquisitor; Mary Catherine, the saintly, lost soul; and finally, Amaryllis, Seena's unspoken favorite, born with the mystifying ability to sense the future, touch the past, and distinguish the truth tellers from the most convincing liar of all. When Dick insists his family move from Michigan to the unfamiliar world of Africa for missionary work, he can't possibly foresee how this new land and its people will entrance and change his daughters - and himself - forever.
Item Description:Includes discussion questions.
Physical Description:368 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:9781439156896 (pbk.) :
1439156891 (pbk.)
Author Notes:Christina Meldrum received her Bachelor of Arts in religious studies and political science from the University of Michigan. After working in grassroots development in Africa, she earned her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. She has worked for the International Commission of Jurists in Geneva, Switzerland, and as a litigator at the law firm of Shearman & Sterling. She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family and is on the advisory board of Women of the World Investments.

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