Heather Webb
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Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
2015.
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306 pages
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"As a woman, aspiring sculptor Camille Claudel has plenty of critics, especially her ultra-traditional mother. But when Auguste Rodin makes Camille his apprentice--and his muse--their passion inspires groundbreaking works. Yet Camille's success is overshadowed by her lover's rising star, and her obsessions cross the line into madness. Rodin's Lover brings to life the volatile love affair between one of the era's greatest artists and a woman entwined...
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In this breathtaking short story, Heather Webb, the acclaimed author of Becoming Josephine, explores the heartbreak and devotion of a mother searching for peace in war-torn France.
Madame Beatrix Joubert has lived her life by the rhythm of the clocks, the call of a cuckoo bird, and the gongs of bells. These once comforting sounds, accompanied by the laughter of her husband and son, now only remind her of the emptiness of her home and the anger...
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In this re-imagining of Phantom of the Opera, meet a Christine Daaé you've never seen before...
Christine Daaé sings with her violinist father in salons all over Paris, but she longs to practice her favorite pastime-illusions. When her beloved Papa dies during a conjurer's show, she abandons her magic and surrenders to grief and guilt. Life as a female illusionist seems too dangerous, and she must honor her father's memory.
Concerned for her welfare,...
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"1925. London. When Alice Diamond, a.k.a. 'Diamond Annie,' is elected the Queen of the Forty Elephants, she's determined to take the all-girl gang to new heights. She's ambitious, tough as nails, and a brilliant mastermind, with a plan to create a dynasty the likes of which no one has ever seen. Alice demands absolute loyalty from her 'family'--it's how she's always kept the cops in line. Too bad she's now the target for one of Britain's first female...
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"Disembarking on Ellis Island, Francesca arrives on the shores of America with her sights set on a better life than the one she left in Italy. That same day, aspiring linguist Alma reports to her first day of work at the immigrant processing center. Ellis, though, is not the refuge it first appears thanks to President Roosevelt's attempts to deter crime. Francesca and Alma will have to rely on each other to escape its corruption and claim the American...
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"Keynote Set in the 1950s against the backdrop of Grace Kelly's whirlwind romance and glamourous wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco, New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb take the reader on an evocative sun-drenched journey along the Côte d'Azur in this page-turning novel of passion, fate, and second-chances"--
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For many women, life feels like one big time crunch: Each day, they rush pell-mell from this responsibility to that, taking care of everyone around them-except themselves. In a rare quiet moment, they may have a sense of restlessness, a longing for balance and purpose. But finding the renewal they desire evades them-until now. Redeeming Eve helps readers examine the deeper, more painful issues hiding behind a too-full schedule and enables them to...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xii, 514 pages, 29 pages ; 21 cm
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The hopes, desires, and destinies of princesses and peasants, harlots and wives, fanatics and philosopherssix unforgettable women whose paths cross during one of the most tumultuous and transformative events in history: the French Revolution.
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Publisher
Blackstone
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
7 CDs : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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August 1914. England is at war. As Evie Elliott watches her brother, Will, and his best friend, Thomas Harding, depart for the front, she believes?as everyone does?that it will be over by Christmas, when the trio plan to celebrate the holiday among the romantic cafes of Paris. But as history tells us, it all happened so differently? Evie and Thomas experience a very different war. Frustrated by life as a privileged young lady, Evie longs to play a...