Description
'Luminous and moving!' Kate Quinn 'Unforgettable' Kristen Harmel Philadelphia, 1948: Fifteen-year-old Ruby's dreams are almost within reach. She's going to be the first in her family to attend college, despite having a mother more interested in keeping a man than raising her only daughter. But falling madly in love with the one boy she is forbidden from threatens to pull Ruby back into poverty and desperation. When she's imprisoned in a home for unwed mothers - locked in the House of Eve with other 'fallen girls' - everything she's worked so hard for starts slipping through her fingers. Washington, DC, 1948: Eleanor arrives in the city with ambition, hope and a past she's trying her hardest to run from. When she meets William at Howard University, with his inky black eyes and broad shoulders, it's love at first sight. But William hails from one of Washington, DC's elite Black families, who don't let just anyone into their inner circle - especially not a girl from 'the wrong side of the tracks'. Eleanor hopes that a baby will mean they finally accept her, and that her secrets won't see the light of day - but fate has other plans in store... In the dawn of the 1950s, Ruby and Eleanor are complete strangers - until their paths unexpectedly collide. Forced to make the most heartbreaking decisions of their lives, will their choices save them... or be their undoing?
| EAN: | 9780349704128 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 08.02.2024 |
| Autoren: | Johnson, Sadeqa |
| Übersetzung: | Layne, Priscilla |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 369 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Historical |
| Keyword: | politics coming of age family life tragic romance; american historical fiction black history fiction; book club recommendations 2022 marriage travel war; school 20th century youth womens fiction love loss; new york times bestsellers 2022 tearjerker books; reese witherspoon book club heartbreaking romance; historical fiction based on true story family sagas |
| Fachschema: | Amerikanische Belletristik / Historischer Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Historischer Roman, Erzählung~Afroamerikaner / Roman, Erzählung~Generationenromane - Familiensagas |
| Fachkategorie: | Historische Liebesromane~Familienleben~Generationenromane, Familiensagas~Historischer Roman~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Adoleszenz~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Liebe und Beziehungen~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Raumwahrnehmung |
| Interesse Alter: | Bezug zu Afroamerikanern |
| Imprint-Titels: | Renegade Books |
| Länge: | 195 mm |
| Breite: | 126 mm |