Woman of a Thousand Secrets

Barbara Wood

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The Bestselling Author of The Blessing Stone and Daughter of the Sun

She came to them from the sea, and to the sea they returned her. . . . A story of sacrifice and survival in the New World.

Tonina lives an idyllic life on a small island in the Caribbean hundreds of years before Europeans discovered it. But she has always been an outsider among her people. Unlike them, Tonina is tall and lean and light skinned, and her origins remain a mystery. Her adoptive parents had found her floating in a basket in the sea—a sacrifice? A shipwreck? No one knows.

When Tonina turns nineteen, her parents know she must return to the sea so that the gods don’t become angry with the village for keeping something that is not theirs. Under the guise of finding a medicinal plant, they send Tonina to the mainland, a terrifying place she can’t even imagine. They know, however, that they will never see her again. And here is where her adventure begins. It is a tale of survival and sacrifice, of luck, magic, intrigue, and danger, romance and betrayal, an epic filled with ancient lore, tales of bearded white men who sailed to this shore in giant ships, and discoveries of medicinal miracles in faraway places. But most of all, it’s the story of one woman’s quest to discover where—and to whom—she really belongs.

This sweeping story of the undiscovered world before the time of Columbus is Barbara Wood at her very best.

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Chapter One

Revenge was in Macu’s heart as he searched for the girl who had humiliated his brother.

Pretending to be interested in her as a prospective bride, he asked about Tonina in the village and was told that she could be found on the beach of the western lagoon, where the pearl divers were hauling in their oyster catch for the day.

Macu’s brother, who was at that moment on the other side of the island with their canoe, had begged Macu not to go. It was bad enough a girl had bested him in a swimming contest, but Macu exacting revenge would only make

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Becca  rated it  
Jan 22, 2012
The best book by Barbara Wood that I've read so far. An excellent writer of historical fiction. I love a book that can teach you a lot about history and keep your attention. I love a book with a strong female lead and this has exactly that. ...more
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Marie  rated it  
Jul 27, 2011
most enjoyable ...more
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Anne  rated it  
Jun 5, 2011
Her novels always new adventures, even though they may have (for the first time I think) connections to another one of hers. Always telling stories, legends, sagas that you would never have expected like that, interwoven lifes, people you expect to be evil, showing as the good ones in the end - and ...more
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Barbara Wood

Barbara Wood is an internationally bestselling author of twenty-two novels. She lives in Riverside, California. Please visit www.barbarawood.com.

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Woman of a Thousand Secrets
Barbara Wood

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St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Griffin
September 2008
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ISBN: 9780312363697
ISBN10: 0312363699
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 496 pages
$14.99
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