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Vera : a Novel by Carol Edgarian is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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***New York Times* bestselling author Carol Edgarian ****delivers an astonishing feat of imagination, a grand** **adventure set in 1906 San Francisco --a city leveled ****by quake and fire --featuring an indomitable heroine ****coming of age in the aftermath of catastrophe and her** **quest for love and reinvention.**Meet Vera Johnson, the uncommonly resourceful fifteen-year-old illegitimate daughter of Rose, notorious proprietor of San Francisco's most legendary bordello and ally to the city's corrupt politicians. Vera has grown up straddling two worlds--the madam's alluring sphere, replete with tickets to the opera, surly henchmen, and scant morality, and the violent, debt ridden domestic life of the family paid to raise her.On the morning of the great quake, Vera's worlds collide. As the shattered city burns and looters vie with the injured, orphaned, and starving, Vera and her guileless sister, Pie, are cast adrift. Vera...

Who reads Vera : a Novel?

Author

Carol Edgarian

Publisher

Scribner

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781501157530

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.2 / 5 (899 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14