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The apothecary's daughter [electronic resource] / Julie Klassen.
Exposed to fashionable society and romance--as well as clues about her mother--Lillian Haswell, brilliant daughter of a local apothecary, is torn when she is summoned back to her ailing father's bedside to save the family legacy at a time when women are forbidden to work as apothecaries and the suspicious eyes of a scholarly physician and a competing apothecary are upon her.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781441203564 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1441203567 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (415 p.)
- Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn. : Bethany House, c2008.
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| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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| Subject: | Young women > Fiction. Villages > England > Fiction. Fathers and daughters > Fiction. Family secrets > Fiction. Pharmacy > Fiction. London (England) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Regency fiction. Love stories. Electronic books. |
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- Baker & Taylor
Yearning for more adventure in her life and longing to know the truth behind her mother's disappearance, Lillian Haswell, the brilliant daughter of the local apothecary, seizes the opportunity when a distant aunt offers to educate her as a lady in London, and is exposed to fashionable society and romance, as well as clues about her mother. Original. - Baker Publishing Group
In this regency romance, Lillian must run her father's apothecary when he falls ill. While she vies for village prominence, three men vie for her heart. - Baker Publishing Group
Lillian Haswell, brilliant daughter of the local apothecary, yearns for more adventure and experience than life in her father's shop and their small village provides. She also longs to know the truth behind her mother's disappearance, which villagers whisper about but her father refuses to discuss. Opportunity comes when a distant aunt offers to educate her as a lady in London. Exposed to fashionable society and romance--as well as clues about her mother--Lilly is torn when she is summoned back to her ailing father's bedside. Women are forbidden to work as apothecaries, so to save the family legacy, Lilly will have to make it appear as if her father is still making all the diagnoses and decisions. But the suspicious eyes of a scholarly physician and a competing apothecary are upon her. As they vie for village prominence, three men also vie for Lilly's heart.
