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Description for Purple Hearts
Hardcover. To make ends meet Sylvia takes on a boarder in her husband Georgie Karacek's absence. When Georgie's epilepsy comes to light, he is discharged from the army. He suspects that his bride and the boarder are lovers. But wartime conditions explode into rioting, and that uproar puts them at odds with the town when Georgie helps a black friend flee. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 844.
Set during the turmoil of World War II, ""Purple Hearts"" is the story of the epileptic scion of an East Texas timber and oil fortune and his marriage to a stunning stranger desperate for sanctuary. Though naive and virginal, thirty-year-old Georgie Karacek wins Sylvia through his charm and kindness. Longing to prove himself, he then hides his illness to join the army. Sylvia's relationship with Georgie's overprotective mother proves difficult, so to make ends meet she takes on a boarder, Robert, in Georgie's absence. Soon Robert and Sylvia grow close, and he presses her to run away with him.When Georgie's ... Read more
Set during the turmoil of World War II, ""Purple Hearts"" is the story of the epileptic scion of an East Texas timber and oil fortune and his marriage to a stunning stranger desperate for sanctuary. Though naive and virginal, thirty-year-old Georgie Karacek wins Sylvia through his charm and kindness. Longing to prove himself, he then hides his illness to join the army. Sylvia's relationship with Georgie's overprotective mother proves difficult, so to make ends meet she takes on a boarder, Robert, in Georgie's absence. Soon Robert and Sylvia grow close, and he presses her to run away with him.When Georgie's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Fort Worth, United States
ISBN
9780875653624
SKU
V9780875653624
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-61
About C. W. Smith
C.W. SMITH has twice won the Jesse Jones ""Best Novel"" Award from the Texas Institute of Letters and has held two NEA Creative Writing Fellowships and a Dobie-Paisano Fellowship at the University of Texas. Purple Hearts is his eighth novel. He is a Dedman Family Distinguished Professor at Southern Methodist University. He lives in Dallas.
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