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About the Book

Set in the early 1900s, the novel follows young Lucia Rutkowska who, thanks to the influence of her beloved grandmother, escapes the Warsaw ghetto to work as a kitchen maid in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the bustling city of Paris. Too talented for her lowly position, Lucia is thrown out on the street. Her only recourse is to take a job working for a married couple--two disorganized, rather poor scientists so distracted by their work that their house and young child are often neglected. Lucia soon bonds with her eccentric employers, watching as their work with radioactive materials grows increasing noticed by the world, then rising to fame as the great Marie and Pierre Curie. Soon all of Paris is alight with the news of an impending visit from Eusapia Palladino, the world's most famous medium. It is through her now famous employers that Lucia attends Eusapia's gatherings and eventually falls under the medium's spell, leaving the Curie household to travel with Palladino to Italy. Ultimately, Lucia is placed directly in the crosshairs of faith versus science. What is more real, the glowing substances of the Curie laboratory or the glowing visions that surround the medium during her séance?

About the Author :
Susan Sherman is the author of If You Were There and of the acclaimed novel The Little Russian, which was a "Great New Reads" pick by People magazine and named by Publishers Weekly as one of the best books of 2014. She is the former chairperson of the art department at Whittier College in California and the co-creator of That's So Raven on the Disney Network. Kate Reading, named an AudioFile Golden Voice, has recorded hundreds of audiobooks across many genres, over a thirty-year plus career and won the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration. Among other awards, she has been recognized as an AudioFile Magazine Voice of the Century, Narrator of the Year, Best Voice in Science Fiction and Fantasy, and winner of an Publisher's Weekly's Listen-Up Award. She records at her home studio, Madison Productions, Inc., in Maryland.

Review :
"Challenging and yet unpretentious, complex, deliberate, and wholly, completely original...Susan Sherman writes with a fundamental empathy for life as it is lived." -- "Jill Alexander Essbaum, New York Times bestselling author" "As scientific as it is magical and as magical as it is scientific." -- "Karen Joy Fowler, PEN/Falkner Award-winning author" "Encompasses a wide range of subjects and characters...The bold, incandescent descriptions of séances are where Sherman's art truly shines." -- "Booklist" "Lush with the landmarks of turn of the century Paris...Susan Sherman's beautiful novel If You Are There provides one pleasure after another, and I couldn't put it down." -- "Elizabeth McKenzie, author of The Portable Veblen, longlisted for the National Book Award" "Narrator Kate Reading is at her best in this audiobook, capturing diverse voices and accents, dramatic exchanges, and lush descriptions with her regal voice and confident delivery...Reading moves through the detailed imagery and terminology of Sherman's research with ease." -- "AudioFile" "Readers interested in the Curies, in the tense interplay of faith, showmanship, and science, and the vibrant expatriate world of twentieth-century Europe will enjoy this latest offering by Susan Sherman." -- "History Novel Society" "Sherman has created a sympathetic protagonist whose belief in cosmic signs, scientific discovery, and the interconnectedness of humankind is nothing short of magical." -- "Vanessa Diffenbaugh, New York Times bestselling author" "Sherman's tale is a feast of detail and description...Evocative." -- "Kirkus Reviews" "This splendid novel is about discovery, in its many forms: in science, in love, in ambition, in connection; it celebrates the intersection of the natural world and faith...Unforgettable." -- "Karen E. Bender, finalist for the National Book Award"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781470814106
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Blackstone Publishing
  • Edition: Unabridged edition
  • ISBN-10: 1470814102
  • Publisher Date: 10 Jan 2017
  • Binding: CD-Audio
  • Language: English


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