Serena Burdick
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Language
English
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"The Girls with No Names pulls readers into the gilded age of New York City in the 1910s, when suffragettes marched in the street, unions fought for better work conditions--and girls were confined to the House of Mercy for daring to break the rules. Not far from Luella and Effie Tildon's large family mansion in Inwood looms the House of Mercy, a work house for wayward girls. The sisters grow up under its shadow with the understanding that even as...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"A novel based on the dazzling story of one of Hollywood's most celebrated Hispanic actresses and her daughter's search for closure. Cuba, 1936: When Estelita Rodriguez sings in a hazy Havana nightclub for the very first time, she is nine years old. From then on, that spotlight of adoration--from Havana to New York's Copacabana and then Hollywood--becomes the one true accomplishment no one can take from her. Not the 1933 Cuban Revolution that drove...
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Language
English
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"What if you could write a new ending for yourself? England, 1898. When Evelyn first married the famous novelist William Aubrey, she was dazzled by his brilliance. But their newlywed bliss is brief when William is gripped by writer's block, and he becomes jealous of Evelyn's writing talent. When he commits the ultimate betrayal--stealing a draft of her novel and passing it off as his own--Evelyn decides to write her way out of their unhappy marriage....
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The Savarays are at the center of bourgeois Parisian society, as supporters of the Impressionist movement, friends of Édouard Manet, and citizens relatively unaffected by the Franco-Prussian war raging beyond their estate - until their beloved adopted son Henri, a burgeoning artist, disappears early one morning and 18-year-old Aimee Savaray sets out to find him. But Henri doesn't want to be found, and only one member of the family knows why. As...
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo Editorial
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
En la ciudad de Nueva York en la década de 1910, Luella y Effie Tildon se dan cuenta de que incluso como mujeres jóvenes ricas, sus libertades tienen límites. Cuando las hermanas descubren un secreto impactante sobre su padre, Luella, la descarada hermana mayor, se anima a hacer lo que le plazca. Su rebelión tiene consecuencias y Effie sospecha que su padre ha enviado a Luella a la "Casa de la Misericordia". Effie se compromete a salvar a su hermana,...