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      By Desrochers, Suzanne
       c2011., Adult, Penguin Group Call No: Fic Des    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "Laure Beausejour has grown up in a dormitory in Paris surrounded by prostitutes, the insane, and other forgotten women. She dreams with her best friend, Madeleine, of using her needlework skills to become a seamstress and one day marry a nobleman. But in 1669, Laure is sent across the Atlantic to New France with Madeleine as filles du roi. The girls know little of the place they are being sent to, except for stories of ferocious winters and Indians who eat the hearts of French priests. To be banished to Canada is a punishment worse than death. Bride of New France explores the challenges Laure faces coming into womanhood in a brutal time and place. From the moment she arrives in Ville-Marie (Montreal) she is expected to marry and produce children with a brutish French soldier who himself can barely survive the harsh conditions of his forest cabin. But through her clandestine relationship with Deskaheh, an allied Iroquois, Laure finds a sense of the possibilities in this New World."--Publisher.
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      By King, Lily
       2014., Harper Perennial Call No: Fic Kin    Availability:2 of 2     At Your Library Summary Note: From New England Book Award winner Lily King comes a breathtaking novel about three young anthropologists of the '30s caught in a passionate love triangle that threatens their bonds, their careers, and ultimately, their lives. English anthropologist Andrew Bankson has been alone in the field for several years, studying the Kiona river tribe in the territory of New Guinea. Haunted by the memory of his brothers' deaths and increasingly frustrated and isolated by his research, Bankson is on the verge of suicide when a chance encounter with colleagues, the controversial Nell Stone and her wry and mercurial Australian husband, Fen, pulls him back from the brink. Nell and Fen have just fled the bloodthirsty Mumbanyo and, in spite of Nell's poor health, are hungry for a new discovery. When Bankson finds them a new tribe nearby - the artistic, female-dominated Tam - he ignites an intellectual and romantic firestorm between the three of them that burns out of anyone's control. Set between two World Wars and inspired by events in the life of revolutionary anthropologist Margaret Mead, Euphoria is an enthralling story of passion, possession, exploration, and sacrifice fromaccomplished author Lily King.
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      By Hoffman, Carl, 1960-
       [2014], Adult, William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: 995 H699s   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "The mysterious disappearance in 1961 of Michael Rockefeller during an expedition in the Asmat region of southwestern Netherlands New Guinea has kept the world and his powerful, influential family guessing for years. Startling new evidence that tells the full, astonishing story. Despite exhaustive searches, no trace of Rockefeller was ever found. Rumors surfaced that he''d been killed and ceremonially eaten by the local Asmat -- a native tribe of warriors whose complex culture was built around sacred, reciprocal violence, head hunting, and ritual cannibalism. Michael's death was officially ruled a drowning. Sensational rumors and stories circulated, fueling speculation and intrigue for decades. Retracing Rockefeller's steps, the author traveled to the jungles of New Guinea, immersing himself in a world of headhunters and cannibals, secret spirits and customs. He uncovered never-before-seen original documents and located witnesses willing to speak publically after fifty years. Combining history, art, colonialism, adventure, and ethnography, Savage Harvest is a mesmerizing whodunit, and a fascinating portrait of the clash between two civilizations that resulted in the death of one of America's richest and most powerful scions"--Provided by publisher.