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English
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Offered patronage by Henry Thornton, a charming railroad magnate, in 1906, Gemma, a silver-voiced soprano, and Suling, a Chinatown embroideress, when Henry disappears, along with the fabled Phoenix Crown, are brought together five years later in one last desperate quest for justice.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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A ward attendant at Paris’s Salpêtrière asylum assigned to care for Josephine, Doctor Jean-Martin Charcot’s famous patient, Laure, to save her from spiraling into seeming insanity, plots their escape, but must first confirm whether she is truly a madwoman or a murderer—or something even darker.
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Striking a deal with the river of blood to take center stage in the Parisian ballet, Black dancer Laure gains everything she’s dreamed of and worked toward until she discovers, despite her vicious desires, she isn’t the only monster around.
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English
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1870: The Prussians are at the city gates, intent to starve Paris into submission. When an excursion throws wealthy Lisette Vigneau into the path of a revolutionary National Guardsman, she gives up her life of luxury to join in the fight for a Paris of the People. She opens a small bakery with the hopes of being a vital boon to the impoverished neighborhood when the city falls into famine, and then rebellion. 1946: With the loss of her father and...
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