Joins Tipping the velvet and The Crimson petal a the white as the rare historical novel in which the setting may be old, but the writing makes everything feel brand new. A subversive, sexy epic about a young American girl who struggles to eventually become a highly celebrated soprano a the Paris Opera House. Lillet Berne`s dramatic rise to success is all the more exciting because of all the wonderful details Chee includes about her life in the late nineteenth century.
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