Rosellen Brown
Author
Publisher
Sarabande Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
350 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Chaya and her strange, brilliant, little brother Asher depart for Chicago only to discover that the Gilded Age is as empty a façade as the beautiful Columbian Exposition attracting thousands to Lake Michigan's shore. They scrape together a meager living--she in a cigar factory; he, roaming the city and stealing books and jewelry to share with the poor, until they find different paths of escape. Chaya's becomes a deeply conflicted love story and...