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The Phoenix Crown
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The Phoenix Crown
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An unforgettable story about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palaces of Versailles…San Francisco, 1906. In a city bustling with newly minted millionaires and scheming upstarts, two very different women hope to change their fortunes: Gemma, a golden-haired, silver-voiced soprano whose career desperately needs rekindling, and Suling, a petite and resolute Chinatown embroideress who is determined to escape an arranged marriage.Their paths cross when they are drawn into the orbit of Henry Thornton, a charming railroad magnate whose extraordinary collection of Chinese antiques includes the fabled Phoenix Crown, a legendary relic of Beijing’s fallen Summer Palace.His patronage offers Gemma and Suling the chance of a lifetime, but their lives are thrown into turmoil when a devastating earthquake rips San Francisco apart and Thornton disappears, leaving behind a mystery reaching further than anyone could have imagined . . .Until the Phoenix Crown reappears five years later at a sumptuous Paris costume ball, drawing Gemma and Suling together in one last desperate quest for justice . . .Praise for The Phoenix Crown:‘Impeccably researched, magnificently rendered, and breathlessly paced’ JAMIE FORD‘Seamless, page-turning masterpiece of history and suspense – shot through with women rising up from the margins of society to claim their own singular futures, I could not put this triumphant novel down’ MARIE BENEDICT‘Heart-pounding, gasp-out-loud storytelling – The Phoenix Crown is the best book I’ve read all year’ VICTORIA CHRISTOPHER MURRAY''Lushly detailed, richly imagined, and utterly satisfying, The Phoenix Crown will entrance readers'' BOOKLIST''Action-packed, this novel skillfully uses its strong female leads to examine racism, sexism, and classism. Readers won''t want to put this one down'' HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY''[A] seamless collaboration of two terrific novelists'' THE WASHINGTON POST
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| Author | Janie Chang |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN-13 | 9780008644543 |
| Item Height | 2.6 |
| Item Length | 12.9 |
| Item Width | 19.8 |
| Publisher | Harpercollins |
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