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First edition. |
| Description |
391 pages ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
"From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palaces of Versailles."-- Provided by publisher. |
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San Francisco, 1906. In a city bustling with newly minted millionaires and scheming upstarts, two very different women hope to change their fortunes: Gemma, a golden-haired, silver-voiced soprano whose career desperately needs rekindling, and Suling, a petite and resolute Chinatown embroideress who is determined to escape an arranged marriage. Their paths cross when they are drawn into the orbit of Henry Thornton, a charming railroad magnate whose extraordinary collection of Chinese antiques includes the fabled Phoenix Crown, a legendary relic of Beijing's fallen Summer Palace. His patronage offers Gemma and Suling the chance of a lifetime, but their lives are thrown into turmoil when a devastating earthquake rips San Francisco apart and Thornton disappears, leaving behind a mystery reaching further than anyone could have imagined . . . until the Phoenix Crown reappears five years later at a sumptuous Paris costume ball, drawing Gemma and Suling together in one last desperate quest for justice. |
| Subject |
Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco.
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Antiques -- Fiction.
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Women -- Fiction.
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Missing persons -- Fiction.
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Women singers -- Fiction.
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Chinese Americans -- Fiction.
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Antiques (OCoLC)fst00810720
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Earthquakes (OCoLC)fst00900899
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Novels (OCoLC)fst01921742
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Historical fiction.
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Detective and mystery fiction.
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Novels.
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| Added Author |
Chang, Janie, author.
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| ISBN |
9780063304734 (paperback) |
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0063304732 |
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9780063339972 (international edition) |
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0063339978 |
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9780063339972 |
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