Kasia Walicka Maimone
Description
Theodore 'Theo' Decker was thirteen years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even love. Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day, a painting of a tiny bird chained to its perch.
Description
"The American Gilded Age was a period of immense economic and social change, when empires were built, but no victory came without sacrifice. After the Opera War, the old guard is weakened and the Russells stand poised to take their place at society's head. Bertha sets her sights on a prize that would elevate the family while George risks everything on a gambit that could revolutionize the railroad industry or ruin him. Across the street, the Brook...