The Phoenix crown a novel
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...
Main Authors: | Quinn, Kate (Author), Chang, Janie (Author) |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York, NY :
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
[2024]
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Edition: | First edition. |
Subjects: |
Summary: |
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. |
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Physical Description: |
391 pages ; 21 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780063304734 0063304732 9780063339972 0063339978 |
Author Notes: |
(Bowker Author Biography) |