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Pauline gedge is a master at recreating the golden age in egypt. Her characters and scenes are equisitely detailed, whether she writes in the third or first person. It was in alberta that she wrote child of the morning and submitted it for the alberta novel award. Bestselling author gedge child of the morning gives historical fiction a good name. Ironically all of the material in this book comes directly from planned parenthoodfrom their own files and records. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. House of illusions lady of the reeds, book 2 by pauline gedge book cover, description, publication history. It includes a great deal of new material and has been e. Genius under construction catholic books pauline books. There are a lot of publishers and book stores that do what we do.
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