But back on firm ground, their vastly different social strata become clearĬait is a widow who because of her precarious financial situation is forced to chaperone two wealthy Scottish charges. In February 1887, Caitriona Wallace and Emile Nouguier meet in a hot air balloon, floating high above Paris, France-a moment of pure possibility. As it foreshadows the horrors of the Second World War, the novel asks what price is paid when identity becomes unfixed and the social order is upended.Set against the construction of the Eiffel Tower, this novel charts the relationship between a young Scottish widow and a French engineer who, despite constraints of class and wealth, fall in love. Gripping and darkly seductive, The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite showcases all the glitter and splendour of the brief heyday of the Weimar Republic, and the rise of Hollywood to its golden age. As the century progresses, Lilly and Hanne move from the tawdry glamour of the tingle-tangle nightclubs to the shadow world of health films before Lilly finds success and stardom in the new medium of motion pictures and ultimately falls in love with a man whose fate could cost her everything she has worked for or help her discover her true self. There she meets Hanne Schmidt, a teen prostitute, and forms a bond that will last them through tumultuous love affairs, disastrous marriages, and destitution during the First World War and the subsequent economic collapse. Born to a cabaret dancer and soon orphaned in a scandalous double murder, Lilly finds refuge at a Catholic orphanage, coming under the wing of the, at times, severe Sister August, the first in a string of lost loves. Book excerpt: As the clock chimed the turn of the twentieth century, Lilly Nelly Aphrodite took her first breath. This book was released on with total page 300 pages. Book Synopsis The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite by : Beatrice Colinĭownload or read book The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite written by Beatrice Colin and published by Hachette UK.
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