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02370aam a22003498i 4500 001 23FF2B22C93111E88539171297128E48 003 SILO 005 20181006010511 008 180430t20182018meu d 000 1 eng 010 $a 2018019719 020 $a 1432855794 020 $a 9781432855796 035 $a (OCoLC)1033558737 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d JZ3 $d JNE $d UIB $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 10 $a PS3604.E44765 $b B35 2018 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Delury, Jane, $d 1972- $e author. 245 14 $a The balcony (large print) / $c by Jane Delury. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, $c 2018. 300 $a 291 pages (large print) ; $c 23 cm. 340 $n large print $2 rdafs 520 $a What if our homes could tell the stories of others who lived there before us? Set in a small village near Paris, The Balcony follows the inhabitants of a single estate--including a manor and a servants' cottage--over the course of several generations, from the Belle EÌpoque to the present day, introducing us to a fascinating cast of characters. A young American au pair develops a crush on her brilliant employer. An ex-courtesan shocks the servants, a Jewish couple in hiding from the Gestapo attract the curiosity of the neighbors, and a housewife begins an affair while renovating her downstairs. Rich and poor, young and old, powerful and persecuted, all of these people are seeking something: meaning, love, a new beginning, or merely survival. Throughout, cross-generational connections and troubled legacies haunt the same spaces, so that the rose garden, the forest pond, and the balcony off the manor's third floor bedroom become silent witnesses to a century of human drama. In her debut, Jane Delury writes with masterful economy and profound wisdom about growing up, growing old, marriage, infidelity, motherhood--in other words, about life--weaving a gorgeous tapestry of relationships, life-altering choices, and fleeting moments across the frame of the twentieth century. 650 0 $a Families $z France $v Fiction. 651 0 $a France $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 gsafd 941 $a 1 945 $a lpt 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006121006.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=23FF2B22C93111E88539171297128E48 994 $a C0 $b UIBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search