Rare Objects Maeve Fanning is a first generation Irish immigrant born and raised among the poor industrious Italian families of Boston s North End by her widowed mother Clever capable and as headstrong as her

Maeve Fanning is a first generation Irish immigrant, born and raised among the poor, industrious Italian families of Boston s North End by her widowed mother Clever, capable, and as headstrong as her red hair suggests, she s determined to better herself despite the overwhelming hardships of the Great Depression.However, Maeve also has a dangerous fondness for strange menMaeve Fanning is a first generation Irish immigrant, born and raised among the poor, industrious Italian families of Boston s North End by her widowed mother Clever, capable, and as headstrong as her red hair suggests, she s determined to better herself despite the overwhelming hardships of the Great Depression.However, Maeve also has a dangerous fondness for strange men and bootleg gin a rebellious appetite that soon finds her spiraling downward, leading a double life When the strain proves too much, Maeve becomes an unwilling patient in a psychiatric hospital, where she strikes up a friendship with an enigmatic young woman, who, like Maeve, is unable or unwilling to control her un lady like desire for freedom.Once out, Maeve faces starting over again Armed with a bottle of bleach and a few white lies, she lands a job at an eccentric antiques shop catering to Boston s wealthiest and most peculiar collectors Run by an elusive English archeologist, the shop is a haven of the obscure and incredible, providing rare artifacts as well as unique access to the world of America s social elite While delivering a purchase to the wealthy Van der Laar family, Maeve is introduced to beautiful socialite Diana Van der Laar only to discover she s the young woman from the hospital.Reunited with the charming but increasingly unstable Diana and pursued by her attractive brother James, Mae becomes and entwined with the Van
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↠ Rare Objects ☆ Kathleen Tessaro
423 Kathleen Tessaro

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Kathleen attended the University of Pittsburgh before entering the drama program of Carnegie Mellon University In the middle of her sopho year, she went to study in London for three months and stayed for the next twenty three years She began writing at the suggestion of a friend and was an early member of the Wimpole Street Writer s Workshop Her debut novel, Elegance, became a bestseller in hardback and paperback All of Kathleen s novels Elegance, Innocence, The Flirt, The Debutante, The Perfume Collector, and Rare Objects have been translated into many languages and sold all over the world She returned to Pittsburgh in 2009, where she now lives with her husband and son.