Vera : a novel / Carol Edgarian.
Narrowly surviving the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, a bordello proprietor's daughter bonds with an unlikely new family, from a Chinese clan and an orphan caregiver to tenor Enrico Caruso and tabloid celebrity Alma Spreckels.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781501157523
- Physical Description: 317 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2021
- Copyright: ©2021
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Subject: | Teenage girls > Fiction. San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 > Fiction. San Francisco (Calif.) > History > 20th century > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. Bildungsromans. |
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- Baker & Taylor
Narrowly surviving the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, a bordello proprietor's daughter bonds with an unlikely new family, from a Chinese clan and an orphan caregiver to tenor Enrico Caruso and tabloid celebrity Alma Spreckels. - Baker & Taylor
Narrowly surviving the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, a bordello proprietorâs daughter bonds with an unlikely new family, from a Chinese clan and an orphan caregiver to tenor Enrico Caruso and tabloid celebrity Alma Spreckels. 75,000 first printing. - Simon and Schuster
New York Times bestselling author Carol Edgarian delivers âan all-encompassing and enthrallingâ (Oprah Daily) novel featuring an unforgettable heroine coming of age in the aftermath of catastrophe, and her quest for love and reinvention.
Meet Vera Johnson, fifteen-year-old illegitimate daughter of Rose, notorious proprietor of San Franciscoâs most legendary bordello. Vera has grown up straddling two worldsâthe madamâs alluring sphere, replete with tickets to the opera, surly henchmen, and scant morality, and the quiet domestic life of the family paid to raise her.
On the morning of the great quake, Veraâs worlds collide. As the city burns and looters vie with the injured, orphaned, and starving, Vera and her guileless sister, Pie, are cast adrift. Disregarding societal norms and prejudices, Vera begins to imagine a new kind of life. She collaborates with Tan, her former rival, and forges an unlikely family of survivors, navigating through the disaster together.
âA character-driven novel about family, power, and loyalty, (San Francisco Chronicle), Vera brings to life legendary charactersâtenor Enrico Caruso, indicted mayor Eugene Schmitz and boss Abe Ruef, tabloid celebrity Alma Spreckels. This âbrilliantly conceived and beautifully realizedâ (Booklist, starred review) tale of improbable outcomes and alliances takes hold from the first page, with remarkable scenes of devastation, renewal, and joy. Vera celebrates the audacious fortitude of its young heroine, who discovers an unexpected strength in unprecedented times.