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The wild beast may break them

Author:John Fraser

Summary:A single mother, Pearl, and her two children, Adam, and Lilith, a teenage Lolita, arrive to take over a derelict palace in Tuscany. The family are joined by Barney, Pearl's new husband. They all hail from South Africa, and Barney believes there's money in farming ostriches. There is an incident with a ferocious ostrich, and Barney buys a gun.

Print Book, English, 2007

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Publisher: Troubador, Leicester, 2007

Genre:Domestic fiction

Physical Description:295 pages ; 22 cm

ISBN:

9781906221263, 190622126X

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:166381566

Subjects:

Authors, Italian

Authors, Italian Fiction

Domestic fiction

Écrivains italiens Romans, nouvelles, etc

Manners and customs

Mères de famille monoparentale Italie Toscane Romans, nouvelles, etc

Single mothers Italy Tuscany Fiction

South Africa Social life and customs Fiction

South Africans Italy Tuscany Fiction

Sud-Africains Italie Toscane Romans, nouvelles, etc

Toscane (Italie) Mœurs et coutumes Romans, nouvelles, etc

Tuscany (Italy) Social life and customs Fiction