The Debutante - Softcover

Tessaro, Kathleen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007215401 ISBN 13: 9780007215409

Publisher: Harper, 2011

Synopsis

Book by Tessaro, Kathleen

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Can the secrets of one woman’s past change another woman’s future?

Cate Albion is a gifted young artist at a crossroads in her life. Looking to escape New York for the summer, she takes a job in her aunt’s London auction house and is soon sent on assignment to the English countryside to value the contents of Endsleigh House, the once gracious but now crumbling estate of a former Jazz Age socialite. There, hidden in the back of a dusty bookshelf, Cate discovers an old shoe box and inside, a peculiar collection of objects, including an exquisite pair of 1930s dancing shoes, a faded photograph of a handsome young sailor, and a rare Tiffany pearl-and-emerald bracelet.

Intrigued, Cate sets out to learn more about the box and its contents, and becomes immersed in the mystery of its owner, Diana “Baby” Blythe, the younger of the infamous, glamorous Blythe sisters. Bright, beautiful, and reckless, Baby was the most famous debutante of her generation . . . until she suddenly disappeared entirely from view. 

As a shocking tale of love and betrayal begins to unravel, Cate finds herself being drawn deeper into Baby’s tragic life story—one that will force Cate to confront some dark truths about her own choices.

About the Author:

Born in Pittsburgh, Kathleen Tessaro studied drama before emigrating to London. After ten years working as an actress in films, television, and theatre, she left the profession and spent several years working for the English National Opera, while training in the evenings as a drama teacher and voice coach. During this time, she began to write. Working on short stories during her lunch hour, she soon became a regular member of a writers workshop.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0007215401
• ISBN 13: 9780007215409
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384