Auspicious Dreams.Auspicious aus·pi·cious adj. 1. Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious: an auspicious time to ask for a raise in salary. See Synonyms at favorable. 2. Marked by success; prosperous. Dreams Shelia Bolt Rudesill PublishAmerica PO Box 151, Frederick, MD 21705-0151 141374477X $24.95 publishamerica.com Set in the mid-1800's America, Auspicious Dreams is a novel about three high-spirited young people who pin their hopes on the promise of the government urging them to settle the West. Yet the savage greed of a white, male-dominated society that relegates women, Native Americans, Blacks, Spaniards, and Mexicans to second-class citizenship at best threatens to tear each of the youth's lives and hopes apart. Strong passions, courage, and relentless oppression fill the pages of this tautly taut adj. taut·er, taut·est 1. Pulled or drawn tight; not slack. See Synonyms at tight. 2. Strained; tense: nerves taut with anxiety. 3. a. written saga, that unashamedly un·a·shamed adj. Feeling or showing no remorse, shame, or embarrassment: un  a·sham reveals the
dishonorable dis·hon·or·a·ble adj. 1. Characterized by or causing dishonor or discredit. 2. Lacking integrity; unprincipled. dis·hon side of Frontier America as surely as the patriotic side presented all too blandly in school textbooks. |
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