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Rockhaven (Paperback)
Munn Charles Clark 1848-1917
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R554
Discovery Miles 5 540
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Sarah Levin Cisneros returns from her honeymoon to face a quandary:
should she continue school and pursue a career as an advocate of
human rights, or should she relegate her life to being Charro
Cisneros' wife, raise a family, and settle into the comforts of
living as the matron of the gigantic Dos Encinos Ranch? Luisa, wife
of Charro's partner, Carlos Resendez, encourages Sarah to do both.
After graduation, Sarah becomes a contributing editor to the San
Antonio Express newspaper. Her controversial articles, strongly
flavored with women's rights issues, make Sarah a popular figure
among women's rights activists and suffragists. In an effort to
demonstrate to the people of Texas that women are capable of being
more than mothers and homemakers, Sarah participates as a working
vaquero on a perilous cattle drive. Childbirth burdens Sarah's
already packed schedule of writing, speaking, and promoting the
suffrage movement. But while she is away, a tragedy at home
rekindles her dilemma. Guilt-ridden from her self-perceived
negligence as a wife and mother, should Sarah continue her
leadership role as a women's rights activist, or should she return
to Dos Encinos to solely be Mrs.
When Dr. Noah Spencer retires from private practice to accept a job
offer from his longtime friend and protege, Steve Nesbitt, Noah
can't begin to imagine what's ahead. In his new position as medical
director of Salyer Medical Center, Noah discovers shocking
irregularities in the hospital's quality-management reporting. And
he finds Steve's indifferent attitude toward below-standard
performance to be unusual and disturbing. Steve becomes deeply
indebted to a Mafia-owned casino and attempts to climb out of his
cash-shortage quandary by accepting kickbacks. The fact that he is
blatantly betraying his hospital weighs heavily on Steve's mind.
When he is pressured by the Mafia to participate in a
money-laundering scheme, he decides to break his ties with them.
Now privy to the illicit operation of the Mafia, Steve becomes a
target for silencing. link exists between Steve's gambling problems
and the quality issues at the hospital. Eager to help, Noah and his
wife become embroiled in a sequence of events with Steve and his
wife that threatens to entangle them in the FBI's
testosterone-driven investigation of a corrupt underworld
organization.
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