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Sprüth Magers of Berlin and London has exhibited at FIAC since 2009, and co-owner Philomene Magers says that in that time the fair has continually strengthened.
Next Up at the Grand Palais Margaret Studer 2011
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Jean-Claude Bourdon, so that he adventured further back into time, through infancy and birth and the dark of the unborn, until he found again light and life when as a wicked old woman he had been Philomene Carteron?
Chapter 7 2010
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Philomene spoke about a young woman who had been raped but didn't tell anyone, even her husband.
My Journey to Report on the Horrors and Hope in the Congo (Part VI) 2010
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Philomene spoke about a young woman who had been raped but didn't tell anyone, even her husband.
Catherine Corpeny: My Journey to Report on the Horrors and Hope in the Congo (Part VI) 2010
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Elisabeth, Suzette and Philomene don't talk about slavery with Emily, who was too young to remember slave life.
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Philomene says that to be a slave was "to have nothing but still have something left to lose."
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Do you think Doralise was in a position to help Suzette and Philomene more than she did?
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Suzette's strong-willed daughter Philomene would use determination born of tragedy to reunite her family and gain unheard-of economic independence.
Cane River: Summary and book reviews of Cane River by Lalita Tademy. 2001
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The relationships between Suzette, Philomene and Emily and the white fathers of their children range from flat-out rape, to calculated financial arrangements cemented by childbearing, to real, if forbidden and dangerous love.
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Philomene coldly made a choice to stay with Narcisse Fredieu after he returned to Cane River following the Civil War.
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