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Park Row
August 2019
On Sale: August 6, 2019
320 pages ISBN: 0778369064 EAN: 9780778369066 Kindle: B073P63MVL Trade Size / e-Book (reprint)
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Contemporary Women's Fiction
A love letter to classic literature and an illuminating look at newfound adulthood Ava Gallanter is the librarian in residence at the Lazarus Club, an ancient, dwindling Manhattan arts club full of eccentric geriatric residents stuck in a long-gone era. Twenty-five-year-old Ava, however, feels right at home. She leads a quiet life, surrounded by her beloved books and sequestered away from her peers. When Avaβs enigmatic friend Stephanie returns after an unplanned year abroad, the intoxicating opportunist vows to rescue Ava from a life of obscurity. Stephanie, on the hunt for fame and fortune, promises to make Avaβs dream of becoming a writer come true, and together they start a Victorian-inspired literary salon at the Lazarus Club. However, Avaβs romanticized idea of the salon quickly erodes as Stephanieβs ambitions take the women in an unexpectedβand precariousβdirection. In this humorous yet keenly observant coming-of-age story, Cohen brings us into a boisterous literary world bathed in hubris and ambition. With eloquent prose and affecting storytelling, The Little Clan is both a wickedly fun yet sharply insightful look at friendship, feminism and finding yourself in your twenties.
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