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St. Martins Press-3Pl A Proper Woman by Lillian Beckwith
You Looked For A Moment As If You Might Be Going To Smile At Me, ' He Remarked. 'But I See I Was Mistaken; I Suspect Your Smiles Are Precious And You Hoard Them So They Are Seen Only By Very Special People.' Anna Is A Child Living In A Remote Hebridean Community When She Meets The Enigmatic And Romantic Jimmy Pearl. She Carries The Memory Of Their Meeting Through To Adult Life - A Life That Is Full Of Hardships. Anna'S Parents Die And Her Brother And His Wife Sell The Family Croft, Forcing Anna Into A Loveless Marriage With The Heartless Fergus. Anna, However, Doesn'T Reckon On The Return Of Jimmy Pearl . . .