EAN: 9780593722664

NOCTURNE - ALYSSA WEES KARTONIERT (TB)

In this haunting  evocative fantasy set in 1930s Chicago  a talented ballerina finds herself
torn between her dreams and her desires when she’s pursued by a secretive patron who may be
more than he seems. An enchanting and lyrical fever dream bursting with dazzling prose and dark
romance  Nocturne enthralled me.”—Erin A. Craig  New York Times bestselling author of House of
Salt and Sorrows Growing up in Chicago’s Little Sicily in the years following the Great War 
Grace Dragotta has always wanted to be a ballerina  ever since she first peered through the
windows of the Near North Ballet company. So when Grace is orphaned  she chooses the ballet as
her home  imagining herself forever ensconced in a transcendent world of light and beauty so
different from her poor  immigrant upbringing. Years later  with the Great Depression in full
swing  Grace has become the company’s new prima ballerina—though achieving her long-held dream
is not the triumph she once envisioned. Time and familiarity have tarnished that shining vision
and her new position means the loss of her best friend in the world. Then she attracts the
attention of the enigmatic Master La Rosa as her personal patron and realizes the world is not
as small or constricted as she had come to fear. Who is her mysterious patron  and what does he
want from her? As Grace begins to unlock the Master’s secrets  she discovers that there is
beauty in darkness as well as light  finds that true friendship cannot be broken by time or
distance  and realizes there may be another way entirely to achieve the transcendence she has
always sought.

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