The Daughter of the Doctor and the Saint
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Adriana Sananes
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By:
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Edward Swift
About this listen
She lives for love, poetry and revenge. Her mother is considered a living saint; her father a man of science and logic. The daughter's lifelong mission - to destroy the family that murdered her father, distorted her mother's reputation, and ruined her country - is fulfilled on the day she invites the president of the nation to lunch.
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