Leaving Lucy Pear: A Novel,Used
Leaving Lucy Pear: A Novel,Used
Leaving Lucy Pear: A Novel,Used

Leaving Lucy Pear: A Novel,Used

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From the first page, I was under Anna Solomons spell. Sue Monk KiddChosen as a mustread book by TIME Magazine, InStyle, Good Housekeeping, The Millions, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and BookPageSet in 1920s New England, the story of two women who are both mothers to the same unforgettable girla big, heartrending novel from awardwinning writer Anna SolomonOne 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, postWWI America is in the grips of rampant xenophobia, and Bea's hopes for her future remain unfulfilled. She returns to her uncles house, seeking a refuge from her unhappiness. But she discovers far more when the rumrunning manager of the local quarry inadvertently reunites her with Emma Murphy, the headstrong Irish Catholic woman who has been raising Bea's abandoned childnow a bright, bold, crossdressing girl named Lucy Pear, with secrets of her own.In mesmerizing prose, awardwinning 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.Anna Solomon writes with a poets reverence for language and a novelist's ability to keep us turning the page. A gorgeous and engrossing meditation on motherhood, womanhood, and the sacrifices we make for love. J. Courtney Sullivan

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