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The Vespertine

Published
Mar 2011
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General Fiction General Fiction
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320

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The summer of 1889 is the one between childhood and womanhood for Amelia van den Broekand thankfully, shes not spending it at home in rural Maine. Shes been sent to Baltimore to stay with her stylish cousin, Zora, who will show her all the pleasures of city life and help her find a suitable man to marry. With diversions ranging from archery in the park to dazzling balls and hints of forbidden romance, Victorian Baltimore is more exciting than Amelia imagined. But her gaiety is interrupted by disturbing, dreamlike visions she has only at sunsetvisions that offer glimpses of the future. Soon, friends and strangers alike call on Amelia to hear her prophecies. Newly dubbed "Maines Own Mystic", Amelia is suddenly quite in demand. However, her attraction to Nathaniel, an artist who is decidedly outside of Zora's circle, threatens the new life Amelia is building in Baltimore. This enigmatic young man is keeping secrets of his ownstill, Amelia finds herself irrepressibly drawn to him. And while she has no trouble seeing the futures of others, she cannot predict whether Nathaniel will remain in hers. When one of her darkest visions comes to pass, Amelia's world is thrown into chaos. And those around her begin to wonder if shes not the seer of dark portents, but the cause.

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Mar 2012 Graphia Books ISBN 0547721935
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First Edition Mar 2011 Harcourt ISBN 0547482477
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Mar 2011 Harcourt ISBN 0547573855
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Mar 2011 Harcourt ISBN B004O0U02K
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