{"product_id":"finding-emilie-paperback","title":"Finding Emilie - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaurel Corona\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWoman is born free, and everywhere she is in corsets.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLili du Châtelet yearns to know more about her mother, the brilliant French mathematician Emilie. But the shrouded details of Emilie's unconventional life--and her sudden death--are elusive. Caught between the confines of a convent upbringing and the intrigues of the Versailles court, Lili blossoms under the care of a Parisian salonnière as she absorbs the excitement of the Enlightenment, even as the scandalous shadow of her mother's past haunts her and puts her on her own path of self-discovery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLaurel Corona's breathtaking new novel, set on the eve of the French Revolution, vividly illuminates the tensions of the times, and the dangerous dance between the need to conform and the desire to chart one's own destiny and journey of the heart.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaurel Corona is the author of \u003ci\u003eFinding Emilie\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePenelope's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, The \u003ci\u003eFour Seasons\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUntil Our Last Breath: A Holocaust Story of Love \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand Partisan Resistance.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e San Diego Book Awards (2012)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42169385648263,"sku":"9781439197660","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/98e108f35262af2ff323e3f654e93a07.webp?v=1733341313","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/finding-emilie-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}