The Phoenix crown. [kit]

The Phoenix crown. [kit]

By
Quinn, Kate.

Publication Date
2024

Physical Description
Books. + 1 discussion question booklet + 1 biographical booklet.

Subject Term
Earthquakes -- Fiction.
 
Women -- Fiction.
 
Missing persons -- Fiction.
 
Women singers -- Fiction.
 
Chinese Americans -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction.
 
Paris (France) -- Fiction.

Genre
Historical fiction.
 
Mystery fiction.

Series
BOOKCLUB KIT
 
BOOKCLUB KIT.

Additional Contributors
Chang, Janie.

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.

Audience
For bookclub participants.

Language
English

ISBN
9780063339972


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberCopyStatus
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