Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The binding chair The binding chair Kathryn Harrison Beautiful, charismatic, and destructive May escapes an arranged marriage in rural China for life in a Shanghai brothel, where, in 1899, she meets Arthur. Even as a member of the Foot Emancipation Soc… OL11680629W
While They Slept While They Slept Kathryn Harrison Early on an April morning, eighteen-year-old Billy Frank Gilley, Jr., killed his sleeping parents. Surprised in the act by his younger sister, Becky, he turned on her as well. Billy then climbed the … OL14991352W
While they slept While they slept Kathryn Harrison From the bestselling author of The Kiss comes a riveting account of true crime-- the murder of a family in a small Midwestern town-- and the gripping exploration of its haunting aftermath. The Gilley… OL18742258W
Enchantments Enchantments Kathryn Harrison An unusual, gorgeously told love story, and a rich tapestry of unparalleled storytelling, 'Enchantments' brings to life the final days of Rasputin and the Romanovs. It is a breathtaking tour-de-force… OL20918518W
De zeehondvrouw De zeehondvrouw Kathryn Harrison Een meteoroloog die in 1915 in Alaska onder barre omstandigheden een observatiepost opzet, beleeft een gepassioneerde liefde met een raadselachtige vrouw. OL26190818W
The binding chair, or, A visit from the Foot Emancipation Society The binding chair, or, A visit from the Foot Emancipation Society Kathryn Harrison In poised and elegant prose, Kathryn Harrison weaves a stunning story of women, travel, and flight; of love, revenge, and fear; of the search for home and the need to escape it. Set in alluring Shang… OL470973W
Envy Envy Kathryn Harrison Will has a good sex life–with the woman he married. So why then is he increasingly plagued by violent erotic fantasies that, were they to break out of his imagination and into the real world, have th… OL470977W