An unlikely suitor / Nancy Moser.
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TextPublication details: Minneapolis, Minn. : Bethany House, c2011.Description: 394 p. ; 22 cmISBN: - 0764207520 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780764207525 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Courtship -- Fiction
- Dressmakers -- Fiction
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
- Italians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
- Social classes -- Fiction
- Socialites -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Newport (R.I.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Fiction | Moser Nancy | Available | 33111006526947 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Lucy Scarpelli, an Italian dressmaker from New York, befriends socialite Rowena Langdon as she's making her summer wardrobe. It's an unlikely friendship, but one that Rowena encourages by inviting Lucy to the family mansion in Newport, Rhode Island. Grateful for Lucy's skill in creating clothes that hide her physical injury, Rowena encourages Lucy to dream of a better future. One day Lucy encounters an intriguing man on the Cliff Walk, and love begins to blossom. Yet Lucy resists, for what man will accept her family responsibilities? Rowena also deals with love as she faces a worrisome arranged marriage to a wealthy heir. And Lucy's teenage sister, Sofia, takes up with a man of dubious character. All three women struggle as their lives, and those of each unlikely suitor, become intertwined in a web of secrets and sacrifice. Will any of them find true happiness? This book was named to Booklist's "Top 10 Romances of 2011"
When dressmaker Lucy Scarpelli befriends socialite Rowena Langdon, she visits the Langdon mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, and falls for a high-society man, while Rowena struggles with her upcoming arranged marriage.