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1179206The Gilded Edgehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-gilded-edge-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/462829/43b77767-b067-457a-84f7-6264dab2cd2b.jpg?v=638334909159030000134149MXNPenguin Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/<p><em><strong>The Gilded Edge</strong></em> <strong>is a compelling read from start to finish. Gripping, suspenseful, cinematic. This is narrative nonfiction at its best.Lindsey Fitzharris, bestselling author of</strong> <em><strong>The Butchering Art</strong></em></p><p><strong>Astonishingly well written, painstakingly researched, and set in the evocative locations of earthquake-ravaged San Francisco and the Monterey Peninsula, the true story of two womena wife and a poetwho learn the high price of sexual and artistic freedom in a vivid depiction of the debauchery of the late Gilded Age</strong></p><p>Nora May French and Carrie Sterling arrive at Carmel-by-the-Sea at the turn of the twentieth century with dramatically different ambitions. Nora, a stunning, brilliant, impulsive writer in her early twenties, seeks artistic recognition and Bohemian refuge among the most celebrated counterculturalists of the era. Carrie, long-suffering wife of real estate developer George Sterling, wants the opposite: a semblance of the stability she thought her advantageous marriage would offer, threatened now that her philandering husband has taken to writing poetry.</p><p>After her second abortion, Nora finds herself in a desperate situation but is rescued by an invitation to stay with the Sterlings. To Carries dismay, George and the arrestingly beautiful poetess fall instantly into an affair. The ensuing love triangle, which ultimately ends with the deaths of all three, is more than just a wild love story and a fascinating forgotten chapter. It questions why Nora Mayin her day a revered poet whose nationally reported suicide gruesomely inspired youths across the country to take their own lives, with her verses in their pockets no lesshas been rendered obscure by literary history. It depicts America at a turning point, as the Gilded Age groans in its death throes and young people, particularly women, look toward a brighter, more egalitarian future.</p><p>In an unfortunately familiar development, this vision proves to be a mirage. But womens rage at the scam redefines American progressivism forever.</p><p>For readers of Nathalia Holt, Denise Kiernan, and Sonia Purnell, this shocking history with a feminist bite is not to be missed.</p>...1173229The Gilded Edge134149https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-gilded-edge-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/462829/43b77767-b067-457a-84f7-6264dab2cd2b.jpg?v=638334909159030000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20219780593182949_W3siaWQiOiJkNDUxNDdjOC0wNTU4LTRmZDEtOTg5ZS0wMGQ2ZWI4YjkxMDEiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjMwNCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjcwLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIzNCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDItMDVUMDU6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780593182949_<p><em><strong>The Gilded Edge</strong></em> <strong>is a compelling read from start to finish. Gripping, suspenseful, cinematic. This is narrative nonfiction at its best.Lindsey Fitzharris, bestselling author of</strong> <em><strong>The Butchering Art</strong></em></p><p><strong>Astonishingly well written, painstakingly researched, and set in the evocative locations of earthquake-ravaged San Francisco and the Monterey Peninsula, the true story of two womena wife and a poetwho learn the high price of sexual and artistic freedom in a vivid depiction of the debauchery of the late Gilded Age</strong></p><p>Nora May French and Carrie Sterling arrive at Carmel-by-the-Sea at the turn of the twentieth century with dramatically different ambitions. Nora, a stunning, brilliant, impulsive writer in her early twenties, seeks artistic recognition and Bohemian refuge among the most celebrated counterculturalists of the era. Carrie, long-suffering wife of real estate developer George Sterling, wants the opposite: a semblance of the stability she thought her advantageous marriage would offer, threatened now that her philandering husband has taken to writing poetry.</p><p>After her second abortion, Nora finds herself in a desperate situation but is rescued by an invitation to stay with the Sterlings. To Carries dismay, George and the arrestingly beautiful poetess fall instantly into an affair. The ensuing love triangle, which ultimately ends with the deaths of all three, is more than just a wild love story and a fascinating forgotten chapter. It questions why Nora Mayin her day a revered poet whose nationally reported suicide gruesomely inspired youths across the country to take their own lives, with her verses in their pockets no lesshas been rendered obscure by literary history. It depicts America at a turning point, as the Gilded Age groans in its death throes and young people, particularly women, look toward a brighter, more egalitarian future.</p><p>In an unfortunately familiar development, this vision proves to be a mirage. But womens rage at the scam redefines American progressivism forever.</p><p>For readers of Nathalia Holt, Denise Kiernan, and Sonia Purnell, this shocking history with a feminist bite is not to be missed.</p>...9780593182949_Penguin Publishing Grouplibro_electonico_d620906a-bf03-3fca-88f9-3d5fc8b30d02_9780593182949;9780593182949_9780593182949Catherine PrendergastInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/PenguinUS-epub-77e9c228-ce9d-4afb-8a0e-66294c6886ba.epub2021-10-12T00:00:00+00:00Penguin Publishing Group