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
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Copy | Status |
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St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Bookclub Kit | Bookclub Kit | FIC QUI | 10 Copies | Being Held |