04355cam a2200553 i 4500 893452863 OCoLC 20240213132124.0 151116s2016 nyu 000 1 eng 2015042025 9780062357540 0062357549 9780007419876 0007419872 (OCoLC)893452863 (OCoLC)946078647 (OCoLC)994091909 (OCoLC)1142763443 (OCoLC)1249579586 (OCoLC)1261326937 (OCoLC)1261329020 (OCoLC)1261330547 AJM pcc n-us-ma Tessaro, Kathleen, 1965- author. 15718 Rare objects : a novel / Kathleen Tessaro. First edition. New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016] xiii, 378 pages ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "In Depression-era Boston, a city divided by privilege and poverty, two unlikely friends are bound by a dangerous secret in this mesmerizing work of historical fiction from the New York Times bestselling author of The Perfume Collector. Maeve Fanning is a first generation Irish immigrant, born and raised among the poor, industrious Italian families of Boston's North End by her widowed mother. Clever, capable, and as headstrong as her red hair suggests, she's determined to better herself despite the overwhelming hardships of the Great Depression. However, Maeve also has a dangerous fondness for strange men and bootleg gin--a rebellious appetite that soon finds her spiraling downward, leading a double life. When the strain proves too much, Maeve becomes an unwilling patient in a psychiatric hospital, where she strikes up a friendship with an enigmatic young woman, who, like Maeve, is unable or unwilling to control her un-lady-like desire for freedom. Once out, Maeve faces starting over again. Armed with a bottle of bleach and a few white lies, she lands a job at an eccentric antiques shop catering to Boston's wealthiest and most peculiar collectors. Run by an elusive English archeologist, the shop is a haven of the obscure and incredible, providing rare artifacts as well as unique access to the world of America's social elite. While delivering a purchase to the wealthy Van der Laar family, Maeve is introduced to beautiful socialite Diana Van der Laar--only to discover she's the young woman from the hospital. Reunited with the charming but increasingly unstable Diana and pursued by her attractive brother James, Mae becomes more and more entwined with the Van der Laar family--a connection that pulls her into a world of moral ambiguity and deceit, and ultimately betrayal. Bewitched by their wealth and desperate to leave her past behind, Maeve is forced to unearth her true values and discover how far she'll to go to reinvent herself"-- Provided by publisher. "A new work of historical fiction from Kathleen Tessaro, the New York Times bestselling author of The Perfume Collector--set near the end of the Prohibition era and the beginning of the Great Depression, in a city divided by privilege and poverty, a young woman sets out to reinvent herself."-- Provided by publisher. Young women Massachusetts Boston Fiction. 15719 Depressions 1929 Massachusetts Boston Fiction. 15720 Upper class families Fiction. 15721 Female friendship Fiction. 59 Eccentrics and eccentricity Fiction. 15722 Poverty Fiction. 6549 Depressions 1929 Fiction. 6217 Friendship Fiction. 6920 Jeunes femmes Massachusetts Boston Romans, nouvelles, etc. 15723 Crises économiques 1929 Massachusetts Boston Romans, nouvelles, etc. 15724 Familles de la classe supérieure Romans, nouvelles, etc. 15725 Amitié féminine Romans, nouvelles, etc. 11160 Love stories. 52 Historical fiction. 129 Historical fiction. gsafd 129 Love stories. gsafd 52 Historical fiction. lcgft 129 Romance fiction. lcgft 51 .b142765326 ddc BOOK 29306 29306 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ AF 2024-02-13 25.99 0 TESS 65806 2024-02-13 2024-02-13 BOOK 1