The House of Velvet and Glass by Katherine Howe

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: Katherine Howe
• Title: The House of Velvet and Glass
• Publisher: ‎ Hyperion Voice; First Edition (April 10, 2012)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover w/Deckle Edge – 417 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1401340911
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1401340919
• Reading age: ‎ 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.6 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.5 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches
• Book Condition: New / Like New – Excellent
• Dust Jacket Condition: Excellent
• Edition: First Edition

Synopsis:

Katherine Howe, author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, returns with an entrancing historical novel set in Boston in 1915, where a young woman stands on the cusp of a new century, torn between loss and love, driven to seek answers in the depths of a crystal ball.

Still reeling from the deaths of her mother and sister on the Titanic, Sibyl Allston is living a life of quiet desperation with her taciturn father and scandal-plagued brother in an elegant town house in Boston's Back Bay. Trapped in a world over which she has no control, Sybil flees for solace to the parlor of a table-turning medium.

But when her brother is suddenly kicked out of Harvard under mysterious circumstances and falls under the sway of a strange young woman, Sibyl turns for help to psychology professor Benton Jones, despite the unspoken tensions of their shared past. As Benton and Sibyl work together to solve a harrowing mystery, their long-simmering spark flares to life, and they realize that there may be something even more magical between them than a medium's scrying glass.

From the opium dens of Boston's Chinatown to the opulent salons of high society, from the back alleys of colonial Shanghai to the decks of the Titanic, The House of Velvet and Glass weaves together meticulous period detail, intoxicating romance, and a final shocking twist in a breathtaking novel that will thrill readers.

About the Author:

Katherine Howe is a New York Times bestselling and award-winning historian and novelist. She is the co-author with Anderson Cooper of the #1 New York Times bestselling Vanderbilt: the Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty. Their latest collaboration is Astor: the Rise and Fall of an American Fortune, and her newest novel is A True Account: Hannah Masury's Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself.

Her fiction has been translated into over twenty languages. She lives and sails in New England with her family, where she is at work on her next novel. She also puts hot sauce on everything.