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Beyond mere words

Beyond mere words

by Jane Silverwood

dyslexiaseamstresspolitics
4.0
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About this book

SHE WAS JUST A SEAMSTRESS FROM LITTLE ITALY But Francesca Rasera had big dreams ... her own drapery-and-fabric store. Handsome attorney Adam Pearce offered his legal expertise--and his love. Proud, hardworking Francy brought him down to earth, made him feel human again. Francy knew the fantasy couldn't last. They were worlds apart. She'd never finished high school. Nor, to her secret sorrow, could she read a book or a newspaper. When Adam announced his bid for public office, Francy knew she'd fail as a running mate. What congressman wanted a wife who couldn't read?

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dyslexiaseamstresspolitics

About the author

Jane Silverwood
Jane Silverwood

1941

Louise F. was born on 1941 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She began to write short stories in high school and continued to write in college. She married with a philosophy student, and they moved to Ohio, where she obtained a Masters degree and taught freshman English and her husband became a Philosophy Professor. The marriage had two sons, and she began to write in earnest, those first efforts remain unsold. The family moved to Maryland, where she joined a literary critique group. There she wrote a collaborative effort with other three women, Ruth Glick, Carolyn Males and Eileen Buckholtz. The result was a romance novel, "Love is Elected", was published by Silhouette Books under the pseudonym…

Author

Jane Silverwood

Pages

301

Read time

≈ 8h

Editions

3

Language

English

Publisher

Harlequin

ISBN

9780373585168

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