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005    20131206030259.0 
008    130717s2013    nyu           000 1 eng   
010      2013026243 
020    9781250016300|qhardback 
020    1250016304|qhardback 
035    (OCoLC)827256667 
035    (OCoLC)827256667 
035    (OCoLC)827256667 
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050 00 PR9369.4.M88|bK37 2013 
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100 1  Mutch, Barbara. 
240 10 Karoo plainsong 
245 14 The housemaid's daughter /|cBarbara Mutch. 
250    First U.S. edition. 
264  1 New York :|bSt. Martin's Press,|c2013. 
300    401 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
500    Originally published as: Karoo plainsong. Leicester 
       [England] : Matador, 2010. 
520    "When Cathleen Harrington leaves her home in Ireland in 
       1919 to travel to South Africa, she knows that she does 
       not love the man she is to marry there --her fiancé Edward
       , whom she has not seen for five years. Isolated and 
       estranged in a small town in the harsh Karoo desert, her 
       only real companions are her diary and her housemaid, and 
       later the housemaid's daughter, Ada. When Ada is born, 
       Cathleen recognizes in her someone she can love and 
       respond to in a way that she cannot with her own family. 
       Under Cathleen's tutelage, Ada grows into an accomplished 
       pianist and a reader who cannot resist turning the pages 
       of the diary, discovering the secrets Cathleen sought to 
       hide. As they grow closer, Ada sees new possibilities in 
       front of her--a new horizon. But in one night, everything 
       changes, and Cathleen comes home from a trip to find that 
       Ada has disappeared, scorned by her own community. 
       Cathleen must make a choice: should she conform to society,
       or search for the girl who has become closer to her than 
       her own daughter? Set against the backdrop of a beautiful,
       yet divided land, The Housemaid's Daughter is a startling 
       and thought-provoking novel that intricately portrays the 
       drama and heartbreak of two women who rise above cruelty 
       to find love, hope, and redemption"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
650  0 Women pioneers|vFiction. 
650  0 Irish fiction|zSouth Africa. 
650  0 Apartheid|vFiction. 
651  0 South Africa|xHistory|y1909-1961|vFiction. 
651  0 South Africa|xSocial conditions|vFiction. 
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