{"product_id":"amity-street-kitty-burns-florey-9781887043298","title":"Amity Street","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmity Street\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eis the sequel to Kitty Burns Florey's 2012 novel \u003cem\u003eThe Writing Master\u003c\/em\u003e, which took place in New Haven in 1856. \u003cem\u003eAmity Street\u003c\/em\u003e moves ahead 35 years: it is now 1892. Anna Felice, a wealthy former opera star, travels from Rome, Italy, to America\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eto Manhattan, to New Haven, finally to Amherst, Massachusetts\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003ein search of\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ethe truth about her birth. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eIn Amherst, Anna encounters the man who can shed light on the facts about her shadowy past. As the shocking story gradually the story comes clear, she also meets many of the town's inhabitants, including Hazel Cooper, the writing master's daughter, who fears she is condemned to a life of spinsterhood; Hazel's mother, Maud, an aging suffragist; a musically gifted young woman in need of guidance; and Hazel's cousin, the eccentric, enigmatic, oddly lovable Davey Chillick.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMuch to Anna's surprise, as she learns\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ethe startling facts about her background, \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eshe begins to fall in love with a little country town\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eand the people in it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmity Street\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e is the product of the author's long admiration for Victorian novels and her fascination with social history. The research for the book encompassed fashion, railroads, cooking, the training of hawks, the teaching of singing, the suffragist movement, and the early days of baseball. Most of all, the novel is deeply immersed in the history--the architecture, the shops, the colleges, the farms, the customs--of a small New England town not long before the turn of the century, and the end of an era.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kitty Burns Florey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1887043292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781887043298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e White River Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d","brand":"Kitty Burns Florey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906965524735,"sku":"9781887043298","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6f69d2b5-99e7-4f4a-be3e-8de354f109a1.jpg?v=1748771910","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/amity-street-kitty-burns-florey-9781887043298","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}