Kate Reading
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First serialized in 1924 and published as a complete novel in 1925, "The Painted Veil" is the powerful novel of transgression and redemption by popular and prolific British author W. Somerset Maugham. "The Painted Veil" tells the story of the lovely and superficial Kitty Garstin and her unhappy marriage to Walter Fane, a quiet and honorable man. Kitty agrees to marry Walter not because she loves him, but because she fears being upstaged by her younger...
2) Out of Mind
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British documentary filmmaker Robin Ballantyne is in Cambodia filming a documentary about land mines. But her main goal is to get information about a friend of hers, camerawoman Melanie Trent, who disappeared mysteriously. Murder, a kidnapping, and an accident with a landmine make Robin more determined than ever to find out the truth, risking her life in the process.