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An American heiress and modern art collector offers safe passage to a resort in Mexico to European artists under threat from the Nazis, while her emotionally unstable daughter chronicles their wartime experiences.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Maum, Courtney, 1978- (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Portland, Oregon : Tin House Books, [2019]
Subjects:	Heiresses > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Fiction. Artists > Fiction. Mexico > Fiction. Historical fiction. Coming-of-age fiction.
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Summary:	An American heiress and modern art collector offers safe passage to a resort in Mexico to European artists under threat from the Nazis, while her emotionally unstable daughter chronicles their wartime experiences.
Physical Description:	227 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN:	9781947793361 1947793365
Author Notes:	Courtney Maum graduated from Brown University with a degree in Comparative Literature. She then lived in France for five years where she worked as a party promoter for Corona Extra. Today, she splits her time between the Massachusetts Berkshires, New York City, and Paris, working as a creative brand strategist, corporate namer, and humor columnist. She is the author of the chapbook "Notes from Mexico" and I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You.