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Jerusha Abbott, raised in the quaint yet austere John Grier Home, a traditional orphanage, has always relied on the kindness of strangers.
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Amoretti A sonnet sequence-Edmund Spenser (opens the original)
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Jerusha Abbott, raised in the quaint yet austere John Grier Home, a traditional orphanage, has always relied on the kindness of strangers. With her peculiar name—a blend of gravestone inspiration and randomness from a phone book—she finds herself at a crossroads at 18, having completed her education yet still laboring in the dormitories of the very institution that shaped her. One fateful day, after a visit from the orphanages trustees, Jerusha receives an unexpected offer from a mysterious
Henry IV, A Tragedy in Three Acts-Luigi Pirandello (opens the original)
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Jerusha Abbott, raised in the quaint yet austere John Grier Home, a traditional orphanage, has always relied on the kindness of strangers. With her peculiar name—a blend of gravestone inspiration and randomness from a phone book—she finds herself at a crossroads at 18, having completed her education yet still laboring in the dormitories of the very institution that shaped her. One fateful day, after a visit from the orphanages trustees, Jerusha receives an unexpected offer from a mysterious
With the Empress Dowager of China-Katharine Carl (opens the original)
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Jerusha Abbott, raised in the quaint yet austere John Grier Home, a traditional orphanage, has always relied on the kindness of strangers. With her peculiar name—a blend of gravestone inspiration and randomness from a phone book—she finds herself at a crossroads at 18, having completed her education yet still laboring in the dormitories of the very institution that shaped her. One fateful day, after a visit from the orphanages trustees, Jerusha receives an unexpected offer from a mysterious
Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed-Edna Ferber (opens the original)
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Jerusha Abbott, raised in the quaint yet austere John Grier Home, a traditional orphanage, has always relied on the kindness of strangers. With her peculiar name—a blend of gravestone inspiration and randomness from a phone book—she finds herself at a crossroads at 18, having completed her education yet still laboring in the dormitories of the very institution that shaped her. One fateful day, after a visit from the orphanages trustees, Jerusha receives an unexpected offer from a mysterious
Stories of the Coal Mine-Frank Mundell (opens the original)
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Jerusha Abbott, raised in the quaint yet austere John Grier Home, a traditional orphanage, has always relied on the kindness of strangers. With her peculiar name—a blend of gravestone inspiration and randomness from a phone book—she finds herself at a crossroads at 18, having completed her education yet still laboring in the dormitories of the very institution that shaped her. One fateful day, after a visit from the orphanages trustees, Jerusha receives an unexpected offer from a mysterious
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