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"Svi͡atai͡a pokrovitelʹnit͡sa lzhet͡sov" (1992) - debi͡utnyĭ roman Ėnn Pėtchett, polozhivshiĭ nachalo ee vydai͡ushcheĭsi͡a karʹere.Khabit, shtat Kentukki, 1968 god. Prii͡ut Svi͡atoĭ Elizavety - ubezhishche dli͡a beremennykh nezamuzhnikh zhenshchin i devochek-podrostkov.Dvadt͡satiletni͡ai͡a Rouz Klinton priekhala si͡uda iz Kalifornii. Ona sbezhala ot muzha, s kotorym prozhila pochti tri goda, kogda poni͡ala, chto beremenna, no ne schastliva, i tverdo reshila nikogda ne vozvrashchatʹsi͡a.Obitatelʹnit͡sy ubezhishcha dolgo v nem ne zaderzhivai͡utsi͡a - rodivshikhsi͡a deteĭ ostavli͡ai͡ut na popechenie monakhinʹ i pokidai͡ut prii͡ut, vozvrashchai͡asʹ v prezhni͡ui͡u zhiznʹ.Rouz tozhe planiruet otkazatʹsi͡a ot rebenka, schitai͡a, chto ne smozhet bytʹ khorosheĭ materʹi͡u. No kogda poi͡avli͡aetsi͡a na svet Sesilii͡a, ona ponimaet, chto rasstatʹsi͡a s neĭ vyshe ee sil.

"The Patron Saint of Liars" (1992) is the debut novel by Ann Patchett, which marked the beginning of her outstanding career.Habit, Kentucky, 1968. St. Elizabeth's Orphanage is a shelter for pregnant unmarried women and teenage girls.Twenty-year-old Rose Clinton came here from California. She ran away from her husband, with whom she had lived for almost three years, when she realized that she was pregnant, but not happy, and firmly decided never to return.The inhabitants of the shelter do not stay in it for long — the born children are left in the care of the nuns and leave the orphanage, returning to their former lives.Rose also plans to give up the child, believing that she will not be able to be a good mother. But when Cecilia is born, she realizes that it is beyond her strength to part with her.