Bibliograph

Swimming in the moon, a novel, Pamela Schoenewaldt

Type

Label

Swimming in the moon, a novel, Pamela Schoenewaldt

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Swimming in the moon

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Pamela Schoenewaldt

Sub title

a novel

Summary

A new historical novel from Pamela Schoenewaldt, the USA Today bestselling author of When We Were Strangers. Italy, 1905. Fourteen-year-old Lucia and her young mother, Teresa, are servants in a magnificent villa on the Bay of Naples, where Teresa soothes their unhappy mistress with song. But volatile tempers force them to flee, exchanging their warm, gilded cage for the cold winds off Lake Erie and Cleveland's restless immigrant quarters. With a voice as soaring and varied as her moods, Teresa transforms herself into the Naples Nightingale on the vaudeville circuit. Clever and hardworking, Lucia blossoms in school until her mother's demons return, fracturing Lucia's dreams. Yet Lucia is not alone in her struggle for a better life. All around her, friends and neighbors, new Americans, are demanding decent wages and working conditions. Lucia joins their battle, confronting risks and opportunities that will transform her and her world in ways she never imagined

Target audience

adult

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