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Luxe 2Donnelly, Jennifer.
Summary: A young woman in nineteenth-century New York City must struggle against gender and class boundaries when her father is found dead of a supposed suicide, and she believes there is more than meets the eye, so in order to uncover the truth she will have to decide how much she is willing to risk and lose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DONGuadagnino, Gina Marie
Summary: Vividly recreates the class and ethnic conflicts of early-19th-century New York City. In the 1830s, Maire O'Farren and her brother, Seanin, flee Ireland's poverty and political strife for a better life in America. Because of hostility to immigrants, Maire changes her name to Mary Ballard and assumes a British accent to secure a job as lady's maid to the rich and beautiful Charlotte Walden....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GUAGodbersen, Anna
Summary: As rumors continue about the untimely demise of Elizabeth Holland, an outwardly stricken Penelope Hayes determines to use any means necessary to claim her friend's pre-eminent place in 1899 Manhattan society and to get and keep the attentions of Elizabeth's former fianc©♭, the wealthy Henry Schoonmaker.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Teen/HarperCollins Publishers 2018