EAN: 9780063244344

PRIZE WOMEN - CAROLINE LEA KARTONIERT (TB)

The critically acclaimed author of The Glass Woman and The Metal Heart reimagines the shocking
story of one of the most controversial contests in history  the Great Stork Derby  in which a
millionaire's death spawns a furious competition for his inheritance. Toronto  1926. Knowing
that he will die without an heir  childless millionaire Charles Millar leaves behind a
controversial will: the recipient of his fortune will be decided in a contest that will become
a media sensation and be known as the Great Stork Derby. His money will go to the winner: the
woman who bears the most children in the ten years after his death. It is a bequest that will
have dramatic consequences for the lives of two women?allies and close friends. Lily di Marco
is young  pregnant  and terrified of her alcoholic  violent husband. When her town is damaged
by an earthquake  she flees to Toronto  arriving  by chance  on the doorstep of the glamourous
Mae Thebault. While Mae presents an elegant  confident face to the world  she secretly
struggles with her own tortured past and a present consumed with the never-ending burdens of
motherhood. Lily enters her life at a breaking point  and soon a fierce friendship blossoms
between the women. That is until the Great Depression and the contest  with its alluring prize
threatens to tear their friendship?and their lives?apart. Prize Women is an evocative and
engrossing novel of motherhood  survival  and the heartbreaking decisions we make to protect
the ones we love?even when it hurts those we care for most.

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