Description
It is 1896 in Sèvres, France, and twenty-one-year-old Odette Hure watches her father’s coffin being carried away from her bedroom window. She has not left the house for ten years, finding comfort in books and food. Odette’s only joy lies in the extravagant menus she invents and the housekeeper reluctantly prepares. After her father’s sudden death, the walls she has built around herself begin to crumble. Forced into society, she discovers that she is responsible for a fortune and a stockings factory renowned for exquisite designs worn on the slender ankles of Parisian femmes célèbres. Odette must navigate the world she has hidden from, uncover the secrets her father left behind and confront the dark truth about her own identity. With the help of her unconventional, self-made family, she gradually discovers all that she is capable of. Combining a richly researched historical setting with a sharp portrait of an unconventional woman fighting the limitations of her society, this is a tale of darkness and light, secrets and lies, friendship and betrayal.
Information
Language: English
Publication date: August 13, 2026
Manufacturer: Bohemian Ventures, spol. s r.o.
Genres: Books, Foreign language books, English literature, Fiction in english, English novels
Type: Paperback book
Pages: 362
ISBN/EAN: 9781399633550