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Viking
August 2016
On Sale: July 26, 2016
Featuring: Beatrice Haven; Lucy Pear
ISBN: 1594632650
EAN: 9781594632655
Kindle: B017SCQKXS
Hardcover / e-Book
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Historical
A big, heartrending novel about the entangled lives of
two women in 1920s New England, both mothers to the same
unforgettable girl.
One night in 1917 Beatrice
Haven sneaks out of her uncle's house on Cape Ann,
Massachusetts, leaves her newborn baby at the foot of a pear
tree, and watches as another woman claims the infant as her
own. The unwed daughter of wealthy Jewish industrialists and
a gifted pianist bound for Radcliffe, Bea plans to leave her
shameful secret behind and make a fresh start. Ten years
later, Prohibition is in full swing, post-WWI America is in
the grips of rampant xenophobia, and Bea's hopes for her
future remain unfulfilled. She returns to her uncle’s house,
seeking a refuge from her unhappiness. But she discovers far
more when the rum-running manager of the local quarry
inadvertently reunites her with Emma Murphy, the headstrong
Irish Catholic woman who has been raising Bea's abandoned
child—now a bright, bold, cross-dressing girl named Lucy
Pear, with secrets of her own. In mesmerizing prose, award-winning author Anna Solomon
weaves together an unforgettable group of characters as
their lives collide on the New England coast. Set against
one of America's most turbulent decades, Leaving Lucy
Pear delves into questions of class, freedom, and the
meaning of family, establishing Anna Solomon as one of our
most captivating storytellers.
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