Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The MasterpieceISBN13:9781524742973ISBN10:152474297XAuthor:Davis, Fiona (Author)Description:In Her Latest Captivating Novel, Nationally Bestselling Author Fiona Davis Takes Readers Into The Glamorous Lost Art School Within Grand Central Terminal, Where Two Very Different Women, Fifty Years Apart, Strive To Make Their Mark On A World Set Against Them For Most New Yorkers, Grand Central Terminal Is A Crown Jewel, A Masterpiece Of Design But For Clara Darden And Virginia Clay, It Represents Something Quite Different For Clara, The Terminal Is The Stepping Stone To Her Future It Is 1928, And Clara Is Teaching At The Lauded Grand Central School Of Art Though Not Even The Prestige Of The School Can Override The Public's Disdain For A Woman Artist, Fiery Clara Is Single-Minded In Her Quest To Achieve Every Creative Success - Even While Juggling The Affections Of Two Very Different Men But She And Her Bohemian Friends Have No Idea That They'll Soon Be Blindsided By The Looming Great Depression And That Even Poverty And Hunger Will Do Little To Prepare Clara For The Greater Tragedy Yet To Come By 1974, The Terminal Has Declined Almost As Sharply As Virginia Clay's Life Dilapidated And Dangerous, Grand Central Is At The Center Of A Fierce Lawsuit: Is The Once-Grand Building A Landmark To Be Preserved, Or A Cancer To Be Demolished? For Virginia, It Is Simply Her Last Resort Recently Divorced, She Has Just Accepted A Job In The Information Booth In Order To Support Herself And Her College-Age Daughter, Ruby But When Virginia Stumbles Upon An Abandoned Art School Within The Terminal And Discovers A Striking Watercolor, Her Eyes Are Opened To The Elegance Beneath The Decay She Embarks On A Quest To Find The Artist Of The Unsigned Masterpiece--An Impassioned Chase That Draws Virginia Not Only Into The Battle To Save Grand Central But Deep Into The Mystery Of Clara Darden, The Famed 1920S Illustrator Who Disappeared From History In 1931 Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:DUTTON BOOKSPublication Date:2019-07-09Weight:0.65 lbsDimensions:0.8'' H x 8'' L x 5.4'' WNumber of Pages:384Language:English
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Book Title: Masterpiece : a Novel
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2019
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: Mystery & Detective / Historical, Literary, Historical, Mystery & Detective / General
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 10.2 Oz
Author: Fiona Davis, Davis Fiona
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 5.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
