โ Scribed by Colin Falconer
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
From the author of The Unkillable Kitty O'Kane comes a gripping novel about finding the American Dream-and what it costs. In 1913, Sarah Levine sails to New York to start a promising new life with her husband, Micha. Unable to conceive, Sarah despairs of ever having a family of her own. Her dream finally comes true when Micha brings home an abandoned baby girl. Overjoyed, Sarah names the foundling Liberty. She never doubts her husband's story...not until after Micha's death, when she discovers the truth hidden in his belongings. From struggling to raise Liberty alone in a Lower East Side tenement to building a fashion empire, the only constants in Sarah's life are her love for her daughter and the terrible secret that she must keep. Sarah gives Liberty everything she has, but the truth cannot stay hidden forever. As Liberty grows to womanhood and the world prepares to go to war again, Sarah is asked to make one last impossible choice...
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