Fallen Beauty

Fallen Beauty

â€œWithout sin, can we know beauty? Can we fully appreciate the summer without the winter? No, I am glad to suffer so I can feel the fullness of our time in the light.â€

Upstate New York, 1928. Laura Kelley and the man she loves sneak away from their judgmental town to attend a performance of the scandalous Ziegfeld Follies. But the dark consequences of their night of daring and delight reach far into the future.â€¦

That same evening, Bohemian poet Edna St. Vincent Millay and her indulgent husband hold a wild party in their remote mountain estate, hoping to inspire her muse. Millay declares her wish for a new lover who will take her to unparalleled heights of passion and poetry, but for the first time, the man who responds will not bend completely to her will.â€¦

Two years later, Laura, an unwed seamstress struggling to support her daughter, and Millay, a woman fighting the passage of time, work together secretly to create costumes for Millayâ€™s next grand tour. As their complex, often uneasy friendship develops amid growing local condemnation, each woman is forced to confront what it means to be a fallen womanâ€¦and to decide for herself what price she is willing to pay to live a full life.
â€œLovers of the Jazz Age, literary enthusiasts, and general historic fiction readers will find much to love about Call Me Zelda. Highly recommended.â€ â€“Historical Novel Society, Editorsâ€™ Choice

From the Trade Paperback edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Berkley
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-03-04
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Berkley
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-03-04
Format	Kindle eBook

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