A Power of Roses by Ruth Park sarah ban breathnach and penetrating portrait of a

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by Maureen Wright

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A Power of Roses by Ruth Park sarah ban breathnach and penetrating portrait of aA Power of Roses by Ruth Park Penguin, 1989 ISBN 9780140049657 Paperback Condition: Very Good a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing and bumping to corners and covers, contact covered, age toned pages (see photographs) Roses were rarely seen at the old Jerusalem hotel. For its assortment of wretched tenants, a luxury might be warm feet, cats meat stew or a five bob coat from a jumble sale. In A Power of Roses, Ruth Park draws vivid