****A New York Times Book Review Summer Reading Selection**** For fans of Paula McLain's The Paris Wife and Amor Towles's Rules of Civility, Alice Miller's sweeping debut novel charts the love story of two of literature's most fascinating characters: Georgie Hyde-Lees and her husband, W. B. Yeats.
More miracle than bird
β Scribed by Alice Miller
- Publisher
- Tin House Books
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 163 KB
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- London (England)
- ISBN
- 1947793861
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β¦ Synopsis
On the eve of World War I, twenty-one-year-old Georgie Hyde-Leesβon her own for the first timeβis introduced to the acclaimed poet W. B. Yeats at a soirΓ©e in London. Although Yeats is famously eccentric and many years her senior, Georgie is drawn to him, and when he extends a cryptic invitation to a secret society, her life is forever changed.
A shadow falls over London as zeppelins stalk overhead and bombs bloom against the skyline. Amidst the chaos, Georgie finds purpose tending to injured soldiers in a makeshift hospital, befriending the wounded and heartbroken Lieutenant Pike, who might need more from her than she is able to give. At night with Yeats, she escapes these realities into an even darker world, becoming immersed in The Order, a clandestine society where ritual, magic, and the conjuring of spirits is practiced and pursued. As forcesβboth of this world and the nextβpull Yeats and Georgie closer together and then apart again, Georgie uncovers a secret that threatens to undo it all.
In bright, commanding prose debut author Alice Miller illuminates the fascinating and unforgettable courtship of Georgie Hyde-Lees and W. B. Yeats. A sweeping tale of faith and love, lost and found and fought for,More Miracle than Birdingeniously captures the momentsβboth large and smallβon which the fate of whole lives and countries hinge.
β¦ Subjects
Ireland
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