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A big, heartrending novel about the entangled lives of two ladies in 1920s New Britain, both mothers to the same unforgettable girl. One nights in 1917, Beatrice Haven sneaks out of her uncle's house on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, leaves her newborn at the foot of a pear tree, and watches as another woman claims the infant as her own. The unwed child of prosperous Jewish industrialists and a gifted pianist bound for Radcliffe, Bea packages to leave her shameful technique behind and make a fresh start. A decade later Prohibition is completely swing; post-World Battle I America is in the grips of rampant xenophobia, and Bea's expectations on her behalf future stay unfulfilled. She profits to her uncle's house, seeking a refuge from her unhappiness. But she discovers a lot more when the rum-running manager of the local quarry inadvertently reunites her with Emma Murphy, the headstrong Irish Catholic woman that has been nurturing her forgotten child - now a smart, bold, cross-dressing gal called Lucy Pear, with secrets of her own. In mesmerizing prose, award-winning author Anna Solomon weaves along an unforgettable group of characters as their lives collide on the brand new England coast. Set against one of America's most turbulent ages, Giving Lucy Pear delves into questions of category, freedom, and this is of family, establishing Anna Solomon as you of the most captivating storytellers.

Category: Jewish