Vera a novel
"Meet Vera Johnson, fifteen-year-old illegitimate daughter of Rose, notorious proprietor of San Francisco's most legendary bordello. Vera has grown up straddling two worlds-the madam's alluring sphere, replete with tickets to the opera, surly henchmen, and scant morality, and the quiet domestic life...
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[2022]
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| Edition: | First Scribner hardcover edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Vera : |b a novel / |c Carol Edgarian. |
| 250 | |a First Scribner hardcover edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Scribner, |c [2022] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2021 | |
| 300 | |a 317 pages ; |c 21 cm | ||
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| 520 | |a "Meet Vera Johnson, fifteen-year-old illegitimate daughter of Rose, notorious proprietor of San Francisco's most legendary bordello. Vera has grown up straddling two worlds-the madam's alluring sphere, replete with tickets to the opera, surly henchmen, and scant morality, and the quiet domestic life of the family paid to raise her. On the morning of the great quake, Vera's worlds collide. As the city burns and looters vie with the injured, orphaned, and starving, Vera and her guileless sister, Pie, are cast adrift. Disregarding societal norms and prejudices, Vera begins to imagine a new kind of life. She collaborates with Tan, her former rival, and forges an unlikely family of survivors, navigating through the disaster together. In Vera, Carol Edgarian creates a cinematic, deeply entertaining world, in which honor and fates are tested; notions of sex, class, and justice are turned upside down; and love is hard-won. A ravishing, heartbreaking, and profound affirmation of youth and tenacity, Vera's story brings to life legendary characters-tenor Enrico Caruso, indicted mayor Eugene Schmitz and boss Abe Ruef, tabloid celebrity Alma Spreckels. This richly imagined, timely tale of improbable outcomes and alliances takes hold from the first page, with remarkable scenes of devastation, renewal, and joy. Vera celebrates the audacious fortitude of its young heroine, who discovers an unexpected strength in unprecedented times"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Teenage girls |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Illegitimate children |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Mothers and daughters |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Survival |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Earthquake relief |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Social class |v Fiction. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a San Francisco (Calif.) |x History |y 20th century |v Fiction. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Coming-of-age fiction. |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Historical fiction. |2 lcgft | |
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