The Gilded Years

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  • Author:
    TANABE Karin
  • ISBN:
    9781761105135
  • Publication Date:
    February 2022
  • Edition:
    1
  • Pages:
    400
  • Binding:
    Paperback
  • Publisher:
    Simon and Schuster
  • Country of Publication:
The Gilded Years
The Gilded Years

The Gilded Years

SKU: 9781761105135
Regular price $35.00
Unit price
per
  • Author:
    TANABE Karin
  • ISBN:
    9781761105135
  • Publication Date:
    February 2022
  • Edition:
    1
  • Pages:
    400
  • Binding:
    Paperback
  • Publisher:
    Simon and Schuster
  • Country of Publication:

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Since childhood, Anita Hemmings has longed to attend the country's most exclusive school for women, Vassar College. Now, a bright, beautiful senior in the class of 1897, she is hiding a secret that would have banned her from admission: Anita is the only African-American student ever to attend Vassar. With her olive complexion and dark hair, she has successfully passed as white, but now finds herself rooming with Lottie Taylor, an heiress of one of New York's most prominent families.

Though Anita has kept herself at a distance from her classmates, Lottie's sphere of influence is inescapable, her energy irresistible, and the two become fast friends. Pulled into her elite world, Anita learns what it's like to be treated as a wealthy, educated white woman the person everyone believes her to be and even finds herself in a heady romance with a well-off Harvard student. But when Lottie becomes curious about Anitas family the situation becomes particularly perilous, and as Anitas graduation looms, those closest to her will be the ones to dangerously threaten her secret.

Set against the vibrant backdrop of the Gilded Age, an era when old money traditions collided with modern ideas, The Gilded Years is a story of hope, sacrifice and betrayal and a gripping account of how one woman dared to risk everything for the chance at a better life.

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  • Since childhood, Anita Hemmings has longed to attend the country's most exclusive school for women, Vassar College. Now, a bright, beautiful senior in the class of 1897, she is hiding a secret that would have banned her from admission: Anita is the only African-American student ever to attend Vassar. With her olive complexion and dark hair, she has successfully passed as white, but now finds herself rooming with Lottie Taylor, an heiress of one of New York's most prominent families.

    Though Anita has kept herself at a distance from her classmates, Lottie's sphere of influence is inescapable, her energy irresistible, and the two become fast friends. Pulled into her elite world, Anita learns what it's like to be treated as a wealthy, educated white woman the person everyone believes her to be and even finds herself in a heady romance with a well-off Harvard student. But when Lottie becomes curious about Anitas family the situation becomes particularly perilous, and as Anitas graduation looms, those closest to her will be the ones to dangerously threaten her secret.

    Set against the vibrant backdrop of the Gilded Age, an era when old money traditions collided with modern ideas, The Gilded Years is a story of hope, sacrifice and betrayal and a gripping account of how one woman dared to risk everything for the chance at a better life.

Since childhood, Anita Hemmings has longed to attend the country's most exclusive school for women, Vassar College. Now, a bright, beautiful senior in the class of 1897, she is hiding a secret that would have banned her from admission: Anita is the only African-American student ever to attend Vassar. With her olive complexion and dark hair, she has successfully passed as white, but now finds herself rooming with Lottie Taylor, an heiress of one of New York's most prominent families.

Though Anita has kept herself at a distance from her classmates, Lottie's sphere of influence is inescapable, her energy irresistible, and the two become fast friends. Pulled into her elite world, Anita learns what it's like to be treated as a wealthy, educated white woman the person everyone believes her to be and even finds herself in a heady romance with a well-off Harvard student. But when Lottie becomes curious about Anitas family the situation becomes particularly perilous, and as Anitas graduation looms, those closest to her will be the ones to dangerously threaten her secret.

Set against the vibrant backdrop of the Gilded Age, an era when old money traditions collided with modern ideas, The Gilded Years is a story of hope, sacrifice and betrayal and a gripping account of how one woman dared to risk everything for the chance at a better life.