Title: Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Spring 1953 Selections
Description: Black widow / Patrick Quentin	
The silent world / Jacques Cousteau with Frederic Dumas	
[East of Eden](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL23166W/East_of_Eden) / John Steinbeck	
Karen / Marie Killilea	
The curve and the tusk / Stuart Cloete
Subjects: Literature, Collections, migrant labor, historical fiction, domestic fiction, depravity, beneficence, love, the struggle for acceptance, self-destruction, guilt, freedom, literary fiction, classics, Fiction, Twins, Novela hogareña, Hermanos, Brothers, Fathers and sons, Classic Literature, Open Library Staff Picks, Sibling rivalry, Padre e hijo, Novela histórica, Rivaldad entre hermanos, open_syllabus_project, Niños de prostitutas, Rural families, Children of prostitutes, Ficción, Father-son relationship
Places: California, Salinas River Valley, Salinas, Valle del Río (California), Connecticut, Massachusetts, Northern California, Stanford University, San Francisco
People: The Trasks, The Hamiltons, Cain, Abel, Charles Trask, Adam Trask, Cyrus Trask, Cathy Ames, Caleb Trask, Aron Trask, Abra Bacon, Samuel Hamilton, Liza Hamilton, George Hamilton, Will Hamilton, Tom Hamilton, Joe Hamilton, Lizzie Hamilton, Una Hamilton, Dessie, Olive Hamilton, Mollie Hamilton, Mr. Edwards, Faye, Ethel, Joe Valery
Time periods: 19th century, 20th century