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![]() ![]() Try Kindle Unlimited for free: million books for you In fact, it came to topping The New York Times' Most Famous Books List with each and every one of his books, which is quite an achievement.īorn to an American father and a German mother, his childhood was spent coming and going from both countries. She was born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1952 and was a world famous writer of romance novels. When she married, her last name became Lindsey, hence her stage name. But who was this famous romance novel author?Įl Johanna Lindsey's real name was Helen Johanna Howard. 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As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner () 4 Paperback 20 offers from £3.37 From the Publisher Product description From the Inside Flap The death and burial of Addie Bundren is told by members of her family, as they cart the coffin to Jefferson, Mississippi, to bury her among her people. ![]() OL82929W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 95.00 Pages 262 Ppi 650 Related-external-id urn:isbn:1443421065 Urn:lcp:asilaydying00will:lcpdf:3301833d-09a0-4512-8cf3-72a8921b0cb9 Extramarc OhioLINK Library Catalog Foldoutcount 0 Identifier asilaydying00will Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t9f48vb2h Isbn 0394702549 Lccn 72008023Ħ4012609 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.16 Openlibrary_edition ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:28:22 Boxid IA103019 Boxid_2 CH116501 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donorīurlingamepubliclibrary Edition New ed., corr. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Nan, child, don’t stand toute égarée in the garden. Nan! 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