The Secret Life of Violet Grant (The Schuyler Sisters Novels)

ISBN: 0425274845

Author: Williams, Beatriz

Condition: New

A story of love and intrigue that travels from Kennedy-era Manhattan to World War I Europe from the New York Times bestselling author of Her Last Flight and Husbands & Lovers.Fresh from college, irrepressible Vivian Schuyler defies her wealthy Fifth Avenue family to work at cutthroat Metropolitan magazine. But this is 1964, and the editor dismisses heruntil a parcel lands on Vivians Greenwich Village doorstep that starts a journey into the life of an aunt she never knew, who might give her just the story shes been waiting for.In 1912, Violet Schuyler Grant moved to Europe to study physics, and made a disastrous marriage to a philandering fellow scientist. As the continent edges closer to the brink of war, a charismatic British army captain enters her life, drawing her into an audacious gamble that could lead to happinessor disaster.Fifty years later, Violets ultimate fate remains shrouded in mystery. But the more obsessively Vivian investigates her disappearing aunt, the more she realizes all they have in common-and that Violets secret life is about to collide with hers.A People StyleWatch Must Read BookOne of Readers Digests Top Summer Thrillers of the Year