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Where Angels Fear to Tread

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E. M. Forster

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This classic of literature is a story of learning and growing beyond what one thought one could be.  As the characters' lives intermingle, bringing joy and pain and love, their perceptions of themselves change.  It contrasts the different lifestyles of a woman from England and a man from Italy, and their strange love.  The second half of the book tells the story of the battle for this odd pair's son's life.  In the midst of the beautiful Italian countryside, Caroline, Harriet and Phillip learn more about themselves than they ever wanted to know.