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03609aam a22005178i 4500 001 2211BDEAF42411EB9533E30756ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210803012850 008 210217s2021 meu d 000 1 eng 010 $a 2021007066 020 $a 1432888501 020 $a 9781432888503 (large print : hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1238127884 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 10 $a PS3555.D464 $b V47 2021 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 23 100 1 $a Edgarian, Carol, $e author. 245 10 $a Vera / $c Carol Edgarian. 250 $a Large print edition. 260 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, $c 2021. 263 $a 2107 300 $a 485 pages ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a "Meet Vera Johnson, the uncommonly resourceful fifteen-year-old illegitimate daughter of Rose, notorious proprietor of San Francisco's most legendary bordello and ally to the city's corrupt politicians. Vera has grown up straddling two worlds--the madam's alluring sphere, replete with tickets to the opera, surly henchmen, and scant morality, and the violent, debt ridden domestic life of the family paid to raise her. On the morning of the great quake, Vera's worlds collide. As the shattered city burns and looters vie with the injured, orphaned, and starving, Vera and her guileless sister, Pie, are cast adrift. Vera disregards societal norms and prejudices and begins to imagine a new kind of life. She collaborates with Tan, her former rival, and forges an unlikely family of survivors. Together they navigate their way beyond disaster. In Vera, Carol Edgarian creates a cinematic, deeply entertaining world, in which honor and fates are tested; notions of sex, class, and justice are turned upside down; and love is hard-won. A ravishing, heartbreaking, and profound affirmation of youth and tenacity, Vera's story brings to life legendary characters--tenor Enrico Caruso, indicted mayor Eugene Schmitz and boss Abe Ruef, tabloid celebrity Alma Spreckels--as well as an unforgettable cast that includes Vera's young lover, Bobby, protector of the city's tribe of orphans, and three generations of a Chinese family competing and conspiring with Vera. This richly imagined, timely tale of improbable outcomes and alliances takes hold from the first page, gifting readers with remarkable scenes of devastation, renewal, and joy. Told with unflinching candor and wit, Vera celebrates the audacious fortitude of its young heroine and marks a stunning achievement by an inventive and generous writer"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Large type books. 650 0 $a Teenage girls $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Illegitimate children $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Survival $v Fiction. 650 0 $a San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 $v Fiction. 650 7 $a Teenagers $v Fiction. $2 sears 650 7 $a Illegitimacy $v Fiction. $2 sears 650 7 $a Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc $v Fiction. $2 sears 650 7 $a Mother-daughter relationship $v Fiction. $2 sears 651 0 $a San Francisco (Calif.) $x History $y 20th century $v Fiction. 651 7 $a San Francisco (Calif.) $v Fiction. $2 sears 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Bildungsromans. $2 lcgft 941 $a 6 945 $a lpt 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20220728015234.0 952 $l CQPE926 $d 20211103010211.0 952 $l BKPC251 $d 20210819155148.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210804010155.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20210803015256.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20210803014540.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2211BDEAF42411EB9533E30756ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search