Lost Roses: A Novel (Woolsey-Ferriday)

Lost Roses: A Novel (Woolsey-Ferriday)

NEW YORK TIMESÂ BESTSELLER â€¢ The million-copy bestsellerÂ Lilac GirlsÂ introduced the real-life heroine Caroline Ferriday. NowÂ Lost Roses, set a generation earlier and also inspired by true events, features Carolineâ€™s mother, Eliza, and follows three equally indomitable women from St. Petersburg to Paris under the shadow of World War I.

â€œNot only a brilliant historical tale, but a love song to all the ways our friendships carry us through the worst of times.â€â€”Lisa Wingate,Â #1 New York TimesÂ bestselling author ofÂ Before We Were Yours

It is 1914, and the world has been on the brink of war so often, many New Yorkers treat the subject with only passing interest. Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be traveling to St. Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva, a cousin of the Romanovs. The two met years ago one summer in Paris and became close confidantes. Now Eliza embarks on the trip of a lifetime, home with Sofya to see the splendors of Russia: the church with the interior covered in jeweled mosaics, the Rembrandts at the tsarâ€™s Winter Palace, the famous ballet.

But when Austria declares war on Serbia and Russiaâ€™s imperial dynasty begins to fall, Eliza escapes back to America, while Sofya and her family flee to their country estate. In need of domestic help, they hire the local fortune-tellerâ€™s daughter, Varinka, unknowingly bringing intense danger into their household.

On the other side of the Atlantic, Eliza is doing her part to help the White Russian families find safety as they escape the revolution. But when Sofyaâ€™s letters suddenly stop coming, she fears the worst for her best friend.Â

From the turbulent streets of St. Petersburg and aristocratic countryside estates to the avenues of Paris where a society of fallen Russian Ã©migrÃ©s live to the mansions of Long Island, the lives of Eliza, Sofya, and Varinka will intersect in profound ways.Â In her newest powerful tale told through female-driven perspectives, Martha Hall Kelly celebrates the unbreakable bonds of womenâ€™s friendship, especially during the darkest days of history.
Country USA
Manufacturer Ballantine Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2019-04-09
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Ballantine Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2019-04-09
Format	Kindle eBook

Lost Roses: A Novel (Woolsey-Ferriday)

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