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Name: The Ladies of Missalonghi
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Author: Colleen McCullough

📘 The Ladies of Missalonghi by Colleen McCullough

Missy Wright’s mother was ostracised after marrying for love rather than money, leaving her family in quiet shame. Now a widow, Missy and the other women endure genteel poverty, their lives marked by plainness and isolation. The story follows Missy’s quiet existence—plain, thin, and undoubtedly single—as she confronts a seemingly dreary destiny. A mysterious stranger then discovers her, opening the possibility of a different, more hopeful future.

First publish date: May 1988

Genre: Romance/Historical Romance

Authors: Colleen McCullough

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