Wounded bird of paradise

Essinger, Mary 1932- (Author).

Summary: When Mabelline sets out on a journey to visit her pen pal Rosa, she doesn't expect to be staying quite so long as she does. Mabelline quickly takes Rosa and her son Carlos to her heart, but she knows right away there is something different about the boy. When tragedy occurs, Mabelline is forced to be responsible for Carlos as he struggles to fit into a world based on rules he doesn't understand, and finds himself in serious trouble. Set in a tropical world of beautiful flowers and dazzling sun, Wounded Bird of Paradise is a story about love in an unlikely family, threaded with problems faced b.

Record details

ISBN: 1423709845 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781423709848 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1846420121
ISBN: 9781846420122
ISBN: 1280267194
ISBN: 9781280267192
ISBN: 1843102560 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9781843102564 (pbk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (142 pages)
Publisher: London : New York : Jessica Kingsley, 2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User. CatMonthString:january.19
Formatted Contents Note:	Cover; Wounded Bird of Paradise; Acknowledgements; Contents; Prologue; 1 Mabelline; 2 Flower Shop; 3 Dinner for Two; 4 Rosa's Bedroom; 5 The Boy Carlos; 6 Storm; 7 Ros a i s I l l; 8 Carlos Starts Work; 9 Second Day at Work; 10 Carlos at Home; 11 Trouble at Work; 12 Jemina; 13 The Tailor's Shop; 14 The Nursery Sheds; 15 Carlos Buys a Tuxedo; 16 Party; 17 Mabelline's Club; 18 Police Station; 19 Supervision Order; 20 In the Café; 21 Plant Inspection; 22 Perspectives; 23 Goats; 24 Brown's Hotel; 25 Goodbye Carlos; 26 Airport.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.