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1984

Format:	Book
Author:	Doerr, Harriet.
Title:	Stones for Ibarra / Harriet Doerr.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Viking Press, 1984.
Description:	214 pages ; 23 cm
Summary:	This is the story of Sara and Richard Everton, a couple embarked on a journey of renewal. They leave a house and job in San Francisco and travel to the small Mexican village of Ibarra to reopen a copper mine, abandoned in 1910 by Richard's grandfather. They also plan to restore the family home, a crumbling reminder of the past. However, they learn that Richard is dying of leukemia.
Subjects:	Married people -- Fiction. Americans -- Mexico -- Fiction. Villages -- Fiction. San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction. Mexico -- Fiction.
Genre:	Domestic fiction.
Notes:	National Book Award, 1984: First Work of Fiction
Contents:	The Evertons out of their minds -- A clear understanding -- The life sentence of José Reyes -- Kid Muñoz -- The inheritance -- Pray for us, Fathers -- The red taxi -- Parts of speech -- The thorn on the blown-glass lamp -- The night of September Fifteenth -- Christmas messages -- Lunch with the Bishop -- Calling from Loreto -- The priests' picnic -- The Baptists -- The doctor of the moon -- Immense distances, extraordinary events -- Bring stones.
LCCN:	83047861
ISBN:	0670192031 9780670192038 9780140075625 0140075623 0140075623 0140112189 9780140075625
Other Number:	9646404
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	805066
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Call Number:	FICTION Doerr

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