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The last first day, Carrie Brown

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The last first day, Carrie Brown
Language
eng
Abstract
Ruth has always stood firmly beside her upstanding, brilliant husband, Peter, the legendary chief of New England's Derry School for boys. The childless couple has a unique, passionate bond that grew out of Ruth's arrival on Peter's family's doorstep as a young girl orphaned by tragedy. And though sometimes frustrated by her role as lifelong helpmate, Ruth is awed by her good fortune in her life with Peter. As the novel opens, we see the Derry School in all its glorious fall colors and witness the loosening of Peter's grasp: he will soon have to retire, and Ruth is wondering what they will do in their old age, separated from the school into which they have poured everything ....
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Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The last first day
Responsibility statement
Carrie Brown
Target audience
adult
resource.variantTitle
Last 1st day
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