Leaving Lucy Pear

Anna Solomon, Rebecca Lowman

eAudio - 2016

“From the first page, I was under Anna Solomon’s spell.” —Sue Monk KiddFrom the author of The Book of V., a novel chosen as a must-read book by TIME Magazine, InStyle, Good Housekeeping, The Millions, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and BookPageSet in 1920s New England, the story of two women who are both mothers to the same unforgettable girl—a big, heartrending novel from award-winning writer Anna SolomonOne night in 1917 Beatrice Haven sneaks out of her uncle's house on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, leaves her newborn baby at the foot of a pear tree, and watches as another woman claims the infant as her own. The unwed daughter of wealthy Jewish industrialists and a gifted pianist bound for Radcliffe, Bea plans to leave her shamef...ul secret behind and make a fresh start. Ten years later, Prohibition is in full swing,... more