{"product_id":"leaving-lucy-pear","title":"Anna Solomon: Leaving Lucy Pear [2016] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne night in 1917 Beatrice Haven creeps out of her uncle's house on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, and leaves her newborn baby at the foot of a pear to tree, and watches as another woman claims the child as her own. The unwed daughter of wealthy Jewish industrialists and a gifted pianist bound for Radcliffe, Bea plans to leave her shameful secret behind and make a fresh start. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen years later, Prohibition is in full swing, post-WWI America is in the grips of rampant xenophobia, and Bea's hopes for her future remain unfulfilled. She returns to her uncle's house, seeking a refuge from her unhappiness. But she discovers far more when the rum-running manager of the local quarry inadvertently reunites her with Emma Murphy, the headstrong Irish Catholic woman who has been raising her abandoned child-now a bright, bold, cross-dressing girl named Lucy Pear, with secrets of her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against one of America's most turbulent decades, \u003ci\u003eLeaving Lucy Pear\u003c\/i\u003e delves into questions of class, freedom, and the meaning of family, telling a captivating story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Solomon, Anna","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50423994122579,"sku":"9780349134482","price":18.56,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":47021221085523,"sku":"XG80349134482","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/solomon-anna-anna-solomon-leaving-lucy-pear-2016-paperback-1131885412.jpg?v=1739835121","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/leaving-lucy-pear","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}