02602aam a2200421 i 4500 1155721499 OCoLC 20250722123733.0 200603s2021 nyu b 000 1 eng d 9781496720405 1496720407 (OCoLC)1155721499 AJM n-us-ma e-fr--- 813/.6 23 Alexander, V. S., author. 19630 The sculptress / V.S. Alexander. New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp., [2021] 390 pages ; 21 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes a reading group guide with discussion questions. Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-389). "May 1917: The elegant streets of Boston are thousands of miles away from the carnage of the Western Front. Yet even here, amid the clatter of horse-drawn carriages and automobiles, it is impossible to ignore the war raging across Europe. Emma Lewis Swan's husband, Tom, has gone to France, eager to do his duty as a surgeon. Emma, a sculptress, has stayed behind, pursuing her art despite being dismissed by male critics. On the bustling sidewalk she spies a returned soldier. His brutally scarred face inspires first pity, and then something more--a determination to use her skill to make masks for disfigured soldiers. Leaving Boston for France also means leaving behind Linton Bower, a fiery, gifted artist determined to win her. Emma's union with Tom has been steady yet passionless, marred by guilt over a choice she made long ago. In Paris, she crafts intricate, lifelike masks to restore these wounded men to the world. But in the course of her new career she will encounter one man who compels her to confront the secret she's never revealed, not even to Tom. Only by casting off the façade she has worn for so long can she pursue a path through heartbreak and turmoil toward her own unexpected future"-- Provided by publisher. Women sculptors Massachusetts Boston Fiction. 21986 Veterans Fiction. 5978 War wounds Fiction. 21987 Secrecy Fiction. 5925 Masks Fiction. 21988 Man-woman relationships Fiction. 5884 Boston (Mass.) Fiction. 12312 Paris (France) Fiction. 6104 Historical fiction. lcgft 129 Romance fiction. lcgft 51 .b170594051 ddc BOOK 30766 30766 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ AF 2025-07-22 15.95 0 ALEX 40462 2025-07-22 2025-07-22 BOOK 1