Chocolate Girls.CHOCOLATE GIRLS. Annie Murray. 2003 Read by Judith Boyd. 11 tapes. 15.5 hrs. Clipper clipper, type of sailing ship, designed for speed. Long and narrow, the clipper had the greatest beam aft of the center; the bow cleaved the waves; and the ship carried, besides topgallant and royal sails, skysails and moonrakers—a veritable cloud of sails. Audio, dist. by Recorded Books. 1-84197824-8. $91.00. Vinyl; plot, reader notes. SA The close friendships between Edie, Ruby and Janet that begin in 1959 at the Cadbury Bournville factory in England are the central theme of this wonderful recording. Boyd has strong vocal control over her characters, whether it's the older, loving Frances or the struggling young doctor destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. to become Janet's husband. As the story covers decades in the women's lives, Boyd ages these characters vocally, which is something of a feat; listening to the subtle changes the reader is aware that years have passed. The personality of Frances (Janet's mother and surrogate mother surrogate mother, a woman who agrees, usually by contract and for a fee, to bear a child for a couple who are childless because the wife is infertile or physically incapable of carrying a developing fetus. to Edie) is especially good as she goes from a woman in her late 40s to an elderly, in woman facing death. Boyd vocalizes all characters naturally. Handling English, American, French, Jewish and German accents without a flaw, she is able to convey the assorted personalities with even greater depth. This outstanding reading makes this longish book accessible to those who might not be able to read the text. Sally Tibbetts, LRC (Longitudinal Redundancy Check) An error checking method that generates a parity bit from a specified string of bits on a longitudinal track. In a row and column format, such as on magnetic tape, LRC is often used with VRC, which creates a parity bit for each Maine West H.S., Des Plaines Des Plaines, city, United States Des Plaines (dĕs plānz), city (1990 pop. 53,223), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago on the Des Plaines River; inc. 1925. Among its manufactures are chemicals and electronic equipment. , IL |
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