The sixteen pleasures is a well written, enteraining read about a book restorer and her adventures in florence following the devastating flood of the arno river. The sixteen pleasures by robert hellenga, paperback. A young american book conservators discovery, while in florence, of a volume of 16 sensual. The confessions of frances godwin by robert hellenga.
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In the fall of a sparrow robert hellenga returns to the midwestern and italian themes he melded so successfully in the sixteen pleasures 1994. The sixteen pleasures robert hellenga 4 stars what is amazing is how intensely you care about this woman the new yorker that quote appears on the back cover of my battered paperback. Robert hellenga booklist robert hellenga message board. His seven novels include the sixteen pleasures, the fall of a sparrow.
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