Girl in the afternoon : a novel of Paris
(2016)

Fiction

Book

Call Numbers:
FICTION/BURDICK,S

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
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Details

PUBLISHED
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2016
DESCRIPTION

280 pages ; 22 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781250082671, 1250082676
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"The Savarays are at the center of bourgeois Parisian society, as supporters of the Impressionist movement, friends of Édouard Manet, and citizens relatively unaffected by the Franco-Prussian war raging beyond their estate - until their beloved adopted son Henri, a burgeoning artist, disappears early one morning and 18-year-old Aimee Savaray sets out to find him. But Henri doesn't want to be found, and only one member of the family knows why. As Aimee seeks refuge in the art world, mentored by Manet, she unwittingly finds her way back to Henri. After so many years passed and secrets buried, their eventual reunion unmasks the lies that once held the family together, and now threaten to tear them apart"--