{"product_id":"finding-emilie-9781439197660","title":"Finding Emilie","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWoman is born free, and everywhere she is in corsets.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurel Corona\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439197660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e San Diego Book Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011 pg. 43 - Very Good\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/07\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44707456745587,"sku":"9781439197660","price":28.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_d206fb37-ffbd-403e-bd03-d46b114a3b9d.jpg?v=1775840151","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/finding-emilie-9781439197660","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}