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For fans of All the Light We Cannot See and Orphan Train, the
author of the "thought-provoking" (Library Journal, starred review)
and "must-read" (PopSugar) novel The Gilded Years crafts a
captivating tale of three young people divided by the horrors of
World War II and their journey back to one another. During the
turbulent months following the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor,
twenty-one-year-old Emi Kato, the daughter of a Japanese diplomat,
is locked behind barbed wire in a Texas internment camp. She feels
hopeless until she meets handsome young Christian Lange, whose
German-born parents were wrongfully arrested for un-American
activities. Together, they live as prisoners with thousands of
other German and Japanese families, but discover that love can
bloom in even the bleakest circumstances. When Emi and her mother
are abruptly sent back to Japan, Christian enlists in the United
States Army, with his sights set on the Pacific front-and, he
hopes, a reunion with Emi-unaware that her first love, Leo
Hartmann, the son of wealthy of Austrian parents and now a Jewish
refugee in Shanghai, may still have her heart. Fearful of bombings
in Tokyo, Emi's parents send her to a remote resort town in the
mountains, where many in the foreign community have fled. Cut off
from her family, struggling with growing depression and hunger, Emi
repeatedly risks her life to help keep her community safe-all while
wondering if the two men she loves are still alive. As Christian
Lange struggles to adapt to life as a soldier, his unit pushes its
way from the South Pacific to Okinawa, where one of the bloodiest
battles of World War II awaits them. Meanwhile, in
Japanese-occupied Shanghai, as Leo fights to survive the squalor of
the Jewish ghetto, a surprise confrontation with a Nazi officer
threatens his life. For each man, Emi Kato is never far from their
minds. Flung together by war, passion, and extraordinary acts of
selflessness, the paths of these three remarkable young people will
collide as the fighting on the Pacific front crescendos. With her
"elegant and extremely gratifying" (USA TODAY) storytelling, Karin
Tanabe paints a stunning portrait of a turning point in history.
On a humid afternoon in 1933, American Jessie Lesage steps off a
boat from Paris and onto the shores of Vietnam. Accompanying her
French husband Victor, an heir to the Michelin rubber fortune,
she's certain that their new life is full of promise, for while the
rest of the world is sinking into economic depression, Indochine is
gold for the Michelins. Jessie knows that the vast plantations near
Saigon are the key to the family's prosperity, and though they have
recently been marred in scandal, she needs them to succeed for her
husband's sake - and to ensure that the life she left behind in
America stays buried in the past. Jessie dives into the glamorous
colonial world, where money is king and morals are brushed aside,
and meets Marcelle de Fabry, a spellbinding expat with a wealthy
Indochinese lover, the silk tycoon Khoi Nguyen. Descending on
Jessie's world like a hurricane, Marcelle proves to be an exuberant
guide to colonial life. But hidden beneath her vivacious exterior
is a fierce desire to put the colony back in the hands of its
people - starting with the Michelin plantations. It doesn't take
long for the sun-drenched days and champagne-soaked nights to catch
up with Jessie. With an increasingly fractured mind, her affection
for Indochine falters. And as a fiery political struggle builds
around her, Jessie begins to wonder what's real in a friendship
that she suspects may be nothing but a house of cards. Motivated by
love, driven by ambition, and seeking self-preservation at all
costs, Jessie and Marcelle each toe the line between friend and
foe, ethics and excess.
A born and bred New Yorker, Katharina is the daughter of
immigrants, Ivy-League-educated, and speaks four languages. As a
single girl in 1940's Manhattan, she is a translator at the newly
formed United Nations, devoting her days to her work and the
promise of world peace - and her nights to cocktails and the
promise of a good time. Now the wife of a beloved pediatric surgeon
and heir to a shipping fortune, Katharina is trapped in a gilded
cage, desperate to escape the constraints of domesticity. So when
she is approached by the FBI and asked to join their ranks as an
informant, Katharina seizes the opportunity. A man from her past
has become a high-level Soviet spy, but no one has been able to
infiltrate his circle. Enter Katharina, the perfect woman for the
job. Navigating the demands of the FBI and the secrets of the KGB,
she becomes a courier, carrying stolen government documents from
D.C. to Manhattan. But as those closest to her lose their covers,
and their lives, Katharina's secret soon threatens to ruin her.
Passing meets The House of Mirth in this "utterly captivating"
(Kathleen Grissom, New York Times bestselling author of The Kitchen
House) historical novel based on the true story of Anita Hemmings,
the first black student to attend Vassar, who successfully passed
as white--until she let herself grow too attached to the wrong
person. Since childhood, Anita Hemmings has longed to attend the
country's most exclusive school for women, Vassar College. Now, a
bright, beautiful senior in the class of 1897, she is hiding a
secret that would have banned her from admission: Anita is the only
African-American student ever to attend Vassar. With her olive
complexion and dark hair, this daughter of a janitor and descendant
of slaves has successfully passed as white, but now finds herself
rooming with Louise "Lottie" Taylor, the scion of one of New York's
most prominent families. Though Anita has kept herself at a
distance from her classmates, Lottie's sphere of influence is
inescapable, her energy irresistible, and the two become fast
friends. Pulled into her elite world, Anita learns what it's like
to be treated as a wealthy, educated white woman--the person
everyone believes her to be--and even finds herself in a heady
romance with a moneyed Harvard student. It's only when Lottie
becomes infatuated with Anita's brother, Frederick, whose skin is
almost as light as his sister's, that the situation becomes
particularly perilous. And as Anita's college graduation looms,
those closest to her will be the ones to dangerously threaten her
secret. Set against the vibrant backdrop of the Gilded Age, an era
when old money traditions collided with modern ideas, Tanabe has
written an unputdownable and emotionally compelling story of hope,
sacrifice, and betrayal--and a gripping account of how one woman
dared to risk everything for the chance at a better life.
A Fifth Avenue address, parties at the Plaza, two healthy sons, and
the ideal husband: what looks like a perfect life for Katharina
Edgeworth is anything but. It's 1954, and the post-war American
dream has become a nightmare. A born and bred New Yorker, Katharina
is the daughter of immigrants, Ivy-League-educated, and speaks four
languages. As a single girl in 1940s Manhattan, she is a translator
at the newly formed United Nations, devoting her days to her work
and the promise of world peace - and her nights to cocktails and
the promise of a good time. Now the wife of a beloved pediatric
surgeon and heir to a shipping fortune, Katharina is trapped in a
gilded cage, desperate to escape the constraints of domesticity. So
when she is approached by the FBI and asked to join their ranks as
an informant, Katharina seizes the opportunity. A man from her past
has become a high-level Soviet spy, but no one has been able to
infiltrate his circle. Enter Katharina, the perfect woman for the
job. Navigating the demands of the FBI and the secrets of the KGB,
she becomes a courier, carrying stolen government documents from
D.C. to Manhattan. But as those closest to her lose their covers,
and their lives, Katharina's secret soon threatens to ruin her.
With the fast-paced twists of a classic spy thriller, and a nuanced
depiction of female experience, A Woman of Intelligence shimmers
with intrigue and desire.
Meet Adrienne Brown, a twenty-eight-year-old Wellesley College grad
who recently left her glamorous job at "Town & Country "for a
spot at the "Capitolist. "Known simply as the "List "to Beltway
insiders, it's the only media outlet in D.C. that's actually on the
rise. Taking the job means accepting a painful pay cut, giving up
perks like free Louboutins, and moving back in with her parents,
but Adrienne is certain that her new position will be the making of
her career.
And it is--but not at all in the way that she expects. The
"Capitolist "runs at an insane pace: Adrienne's up before five in
the morning, writing ten stories a day (sometimes on her
BlackBerry, often during her commute), and answering every email
within three minutes. Just when it seems like the frenetic workload
is going to break her, she stumbles upon a juicy political affair,
involving a very public senator--and her most competitive
colleague. Discovering that there's much more to the relationship
than meets the eye, Adrienne realizes she's got the scoop of a
lifetime. But should she go public with the story?
Inspired by Washington insider Karin Tanabe's experiences at
"Politico, The List "is a riveting debut novel bursting with
behind-the-scenes details about what happens when media and
politics collide.
In this enthralling new novel from the author of "The List" (a
"smartly paced and dishy debut," "Publishers Weekly," starred
review), a young woman working in the high-end art world stumbles
upon a rare antique--and an irresistible man with a dark past.
After eight years in the American Furniture department at
Christie's, twenty-nine-year-old Carolyn Everett is a rising star.
But one wrong decision and a scandal leaves her unemployed and
broken. Desperate to piece her life back together, Carolyn leaves
New York City to work in a tiny antique store in Newport, Rhode
Island.
One day at a small county auction, she discovers a piece of Middle
Eastern pottery, which she purchases for twenty dollars on a hunch.
Curiosity sends her on a mission to find its original owner, and
she eventually winds up in the town's United States Navy Base--and
in a relationship with notorious womanizer Marine Sergeant Tyler
Ford, who claims the relic came to him as a gift from his
translator during the early days of the Iraq War. From two
different worlds, Tyler and Carolyn become obsessed with the
mysterious relic--and each other--until the origin of the art comes
under intense scrutiny and reveals a darker side of Tyler's past.
Carolyn still feels like there's more to the story, but can she
risk attaching herself to another scandal--and does she truly know
the man she's fallen in love with?
"The Price of Inheritance "is a rare find of a novel. Engaging,
suspenseful, and full of intrigue, it delves into the elite world
of big bucks deals and dangerous black market promises, where one
woman must decide whether she's willing to gamble her greatest
asset--her heart.
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