All 8 Uses
manor
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The Bonesetter's Daughter
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- The Mira Mar Manor—'located near your current residence,' it says, 'with amenities typical of a five-star hotel.'†
Chpt 3.1 *
- LuLing was at her sister's for the weekend, and it was Art's idea that they visit Mira Mar Manor without her, so that they could anticipate what objections she might raise.†
Chpt 3.1
- Mira Mar Manor was flanked by windswept cypress trees and looked out on the ocean.†
Chpt 3.1
- He began what sounded like an oft recited spiel: "Here at Mira Mar Manor, we believe home is more than a bed.†
Chpt 3.1
- To Ruth's surprise, her mother seemed to have no objection to staying at Mira Mar Manor.†
Chpt 3.1
- Well, Art and I looked at a place, Mira Mar Manor, it's assisted living, really nice.†
Chpt 3.2
- Ruth left her mother at Auntie Gal's and spent the next day at her house sorting out what should be moved to Mira Mar Manor.†
Chpt 3.2
- For the past month, LuLing had been living at Mira Mar Manor, and Mr. Tang went several times a week to visit.†
Chpt 3.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(manor) a large house of a wealthy person
or historically:
the main house of a lord and the land around it that was worked by tenant farmers - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)