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Barbara Thorne and the Romani Love Tale
On her eighteenth birthday Barbara Thorne, daughter of artist Christopher Thorne, receives a birthday ring from Bruce MacLain and learns of a love tale. Her father is fatally injured, relatives plot to separate the children, and Barbara and her siblings plan to flee to Uncle Stephen Drake who once loved Barbara’s mother. Stephen must decide about the children and Emily Trent as relatives protest. The youths confront a tense household dynamic as they try to stay together.
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Barbara
Christopher Thorne
Bruce MacLain
Bruce
Stephen” Drake
Stephen Drake
Emily Trent
Stephen
Kit
Emily
Gay
Jamie
Henry
Thomas
Edith
Sete
Ing
Sarah
Beary
Belgium
Lizzie
Uncle Stephen