Purchase
Crown
May 2016
On Sale: May 3, 2016
Featuring: Vera Bellington; Emil Hallan
304 pages
ISBN: 1101905115
EAN: 9781101905111
Kindle: B013NIF960
Hardcover / e-Book
Add to Wish List
Women's Fiction Historical
Set in the glamorous 1920s, A Fine Imitation is an
intoxicating debut that sweeps readers into a privileged
Manhattan socialite's restless life and the affair with a
mysterious painter that upends her world, flashing back to
her years at Vassar and the friendship that brought her to
the brink of ruin. Vera Bellington has beauty, pedigree, and a penthouse at The
Angelus--the most coveted address on Park Avenue. But behind
the sparkling social whirl, Vera is living a life of quiet
desperation. Her days are an unbroken loop of empty,
champagne-soaked socializing, while her nights are silent
and cold, spent waiting alone in her cavernous apartment for
a husband who seldom comes home. Then Emil Hallan arrives at The Angelus to paint a mural
above its glittering subterranean pool. The handsome French
artist moves into the building, shrouds his work in secrecy,
and piques Vera's curiosity, especially when the painter
keeps dodging questions about his past. Is he the man he
claims to be? Even as she finds herself increasingly drawn
to Hallan's warmth and passion, Vera can't suppress her
suspicions. After all, she has plenty of secrets, too--and
some of them involve art forgers like her bold, artistically
talented former friend, Bea, who years ago, at Vassar,
brought Vera to the brink of catastrophe and social exile. When the dangerous mysteries of Emil's past are revealed,
Vera faces an impossible choice--whether to cling to her
familiar world of privilege and propriety or to risk her
future with the enigmatic man who has taken her heart. A
Fine Imitation explores what happens when we realize that
the life we've always led is not the life we want to have.
Comments
No comments posted.
Registered users may leave comments.
Log in or register now!
| 
© 2003-2025 off-the-edge.net
all rights reserved Privacy Policy