Book
Invitation to a bonfire : a novel / Adrienne Celt.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781635571523 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: vi, 246 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018.
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| Subject: | Russians > United States > Fiction. Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Psychological fiction. Suspense fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Pemberton and District Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pemberton and District Public Library | F CEL (Text) | 31894000513977 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Sent to an elite all-girls New Jersey boarding school in the 1920s, Russian scholarship student Zoya Andropova endures bullying and prejudice before falling into the obsessive circles of a much-admired writer and his scheming wife. - Baker & Taylor
Sent to an elite all-girls New Jersey boarding school in the 1920s, a Russian scholarship student endures bullying and prejudice before falling into the obsessive circles of a much-admired writer and his scheming wife. By the award-winning author of The Daughters. - McMillan Palgrave
Selected by Harperâs Bazaar, Elle, Parade, Oprah.com, and MSN.com as one of the top books to read this summer!
The seductive story of a dangerous love triangle, inspired by the infamous Nabokov marriage, with a spellbinding psychological thriller at its core. - McMillan Palgrave
Selected by Harperâs Bazaar, Elle, Parade, Oprah.com, and MSN.com as one of the best books to read this summer!
The seductive story of a dangerous love triangle, inspired by the infamous Nabokov marriage, with a spellbinding psychological thriller at its core.
In the 1920s, Zoya Andropova, a young refugee from the Soviet Union, finds herself in the alien landscape of an elite all-girls New Jersey boarding school. Having lost her family, her home, and her sense of purpose, Zoya struggles to belong, a task made more difficult by the malice her peers heap on scholarship students and her new country's paranoia about Russian spies. When she meets the visiting writer and fellow Russian émigré Leo Orlov--whose books Zoya has privately obsessed over for years--her luck seems to have taken a turn for the better. But she soon discovers that Leo is not the solution to her loneliness: he's committed to his art and bound by the sinister orchestrations of his brilliant wife, Vera.
As the reader unravels the mystery of Zoya, Lev, and Vera's fate, Zoya is faced with mounting pressure to figure out who she is and what kind of life she wants to build. Grappling with class distinctions, national allegiance, and ethical fidelity--not to mention the powerful magnetism of sex--Invitation to a Bonfire investigates how one's identity is formed, irrevocably, through a series of momentary decisions, including how to survive, who to love, and whether to pay the complicated price of happiness.
