Mauritius After their mother's death, two estranged half-sisters discover a book of rare stamps that may include the crown jewel for collectors. One sister tries to collect on the windfall, while the other res
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| Title | : | Mauritius |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.68 (623 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0573660190 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 80 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2009-03-12 |
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3m, 2f / Comedy / Interior Stamp collecting is far more risky than you think. After their mother's death, two estranged half-sisters discover a book of rare stamps that may include the crown jewel for collectors. One sister tries to collect on the windfall, while the other resists for sentimental reasons. In this gripping tale, a seemingly simple sale becomes dangerous when three seedy, high-stakes collectors enter the sisters' world, willing to do anything to claim the rare find as their own. "Unsurprisingly for a writer with extensive experience in TV police procedurals like "NYPD Blue" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," one of Rebeck's strengths is her skill at stitching tension into every exchange. The five characters in Mauritius pair up and face off in shifting configurations, the emotionally fraught edges of their twisty encounters made all the more intriguing by the fact that items as apparently innocuous as postage stamps fuel the friction." -Variety "One wouldn't think that
Editorial : About the Author THERESA REBECK's plays include Bad Dates, Omnium Gatherum (a Pulitzer finalist), The Scene, and Mauritius, which won Boston's prestigious IRNE and Elliot Norton Award and premiered on Broadway in 2007. Rebeck has also won the Peabody, the Writer's Guild of America Award for Episodic Drama, the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award, the National Theatre Conference Award, and the William Inge New Voices Playwriting Award. She holds a Ph.D. from Brandeis University and lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children. "From the Hardcover edition."
Great job Winton, Thanks.. Ramsay Michaels' work in the Word Biblical Commentary series, or Peter Davids' NIC volume. His Father was an alcoholic bully who beat George's beloved older brother and self-proclaimed "best pal" Patrick from the time he was small thus leading to the family's separation. I realize this is Riley's story and so the book should focus mostly on her, however, being the last book in the series I had hoped for more page time for Quinn, Rhoan, Leander and Jack. Never have I read of a guy who was in the right place at the right time more than Bing.
Bing, apparently at the behest of wife Dixie, did a turnaround in attitude and consumption of alcohol (and probably marijuana as well) and became an incredibly hard working solid citizen. Although this book is recommeneded for younger children, my 5-years-old son really enjoys it. Many books these days are written by a self-appointed expert, usually a fly-by-night quasi-consultant, whose academic credentials at best sp
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