02906cam a2200445 i 4500 23019507 MeVbMML 20250627143246.0 230315s2023 nyu 000 1 eng d 2023934682 9780063317314 (hardcover) (OCoLC)on1383661580 IMmBT eng rda PCX PCX BDX RNL ZHI YDX GK8 OCLCF FFL OCO VP@ GL4 DLC lccopycat e-uk--- e-uk-en PR6102.A76339 O86 2023 823/.92 23/eng/20230614 Barker, Lucy (Author), author. 20813 The other side of Mrs. Wood : a novel / Lucy Barker. First U.S. edition. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023. 387 pages ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier At the height of Victorian London's obsession with Spiritualism, the city's premier medium, Mrs. Violet Woods, while a newspaperman works to expose false mediums across London, takes in a girl with an uncanny talent for the craft to spice up her brand, which could lead to her downfall. Mrs. Violet Wood is London's premier medium. Her ambition and work ethic are relentless, and her unique abilities have earned her quite the reputation among London's elite. Mrs. Wood knows just how to read her wealthy patrons and deliver them exactly the messages they long to hear from their loved ones visiting from beyond the grave. However, one London newspaperman is on a quest to expose the false mediums among them, just as the pressure increases to outperform the upstart Americans--who, to Mrs. Wood's horror, are promising their audiences more and more fantastical visions. When Mrs. Wood learns her own finances are in crisis, she realizes she must raise her own profile to secure her career and her place in society, or risk being quickly replaced by the next big thing. Her solution? Accepting as an apprentice the sweet young girl who appears at her door, who carries an uncanny talent for the craft. But is Miss Bird everything she appears to be? And will she be Mrs. Wood's salvation, or her downfall? Women mediums Fiction. 20814 Spiritualism Fiction. 20815 Journalists Fiction. 5976 Ambition Fiction. 17680 Apprentices Fiction. 20816 Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 Fiction. 17324 London (England) Fiction. 8892 Historical fiction. lcgft 129 Novels. lcgft 50 Novels. fast (OCoLC)fst01921742 50 Reproduction of (manifestation): Barker, Lucy. Other side of Mrs Wood London : 4th Estate, 2023 9780008597207 ddc BOOK 30736 30736 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ AF 2025-06-27 0 BARK 39042 2025-06-27 30.00 2025-06-27 BOOK 1