bonesetter's

In the morning, a traveling photographer came to the bonesetter's shop in the Mouth of the Mountain.

The Bonesetter's Daughter TAN, Amy 2001

Two years before, she had sat in the bonesetter's shop because her eye and jaw had been broken by a stone that must have fallen out of the open sky.

The Bonesetter's Daughter TAN, Amy 2001

I didn't wish to distract the bonesetter's attention to his case, but Monsieur Forez appeared sunk in thought, slowly circling the patient, sidling back and forth like a large carrion crow, cautious lest the victim not be really dead yet.

Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992

For years and years he must have hidden in hollow trees and crevices in the rocks all that he earned, either as a shepherd or by curing animals 'sprains -- for the bonesetter's secret had been handed down to him by the old shepherd whose place he took-by touch or word, and one day he bought a small property, consisting of a cottage and a field, for three thousand francs.

Original Short Stories — Volume 08 Guy de Maupassant 1871

For years and years he must have hidden in hollow trees and crevices in the rocks all that he earned, either as a shepherd or by curing animals 'sprains -- for the bonesetter's secret had been handed down to him by the old shepherd whose place he took-by touch or word, and one day he bought a small property, consisting of a cottage and a field, for three thousand francs.

Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant Guy de Maupassant 1871

I happen to be reading Amy Tan's The bonesetter's daughter recently and would like to quote a speech Ruth made at a family reunion dinner: "As the years go on, I see how much family means.

Chinalyst - China blogs in English 2008