{"product_id":"stolen-beauty-9781501131998","title":"Stolen Beauty","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis coming soon.......\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eEpic\u003c\/b\u003e.” * Cosmopolitan *\u003cbr\u003e\"Albanese \u003cb\u003eartfully weaves Adele’s story with Maria’s harrowing life under the Nazis\u003c\/b\u003e, and reflections on marriage and fidelity. But it’s hard to read \u003ci\u003eStolen Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e without seeing ugly echoes in today’s headlines, with the clarion call of 'America first' and immigrants singled out as 'the problem.' \u003cb\u003eSeven decades after World War II, have we learned nothing?\u003c\/b\u003e\"  * USA Today *\u003cbr\u003e\"This \u003cb\u003esensual and mesmerizing novel brings to vivid life Gustav Klimt and his greatest muse and model, Adele Bloch-Bauer\u003c\/b\u003e. For fans of Kristin Hannah's \u003ci\u003eThe Nightingale\u003c\/i\u003e and Paula McLain's \u003ci\u003eCircling the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStolen Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea must-read\u003c\/b\u003e. I tore through the pages.\" -- Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train\u003cbr\u003e“Albanese has written a gripping historical novel that revolves around the lives of two extraordinary women who live in extraordinary times… The well-paced stories of both women, told in alternating chapters, are presented in\u003cb\u003e clear, crisp language, beautifully described settings, and credible dialogue\u003c\/b\u003e that moves each woman’s story forward, compelling readers to keep the pages turning, as do the historical elements of the novel…With all the elements of a good novel—love, sex, tense relationships, events spiraling out of control, family dynamics, personal conflict as well as war—coupled with\u003cb\u003e real people and true history\u003c\/b\u003e, this accessible novel of \u003cb\u003estrong women, self-discovery, evolving social mores, artistic challenges, and a rapidly changing world\u003c\/b\u003e makes for satisfying reading, whether one’s interest is primarily women, history, art, or life in one of Europe’s most beautiful cities in the time of Freud and free love.” * New York Journal of Books *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eReaders will be swept away by the depth of feeling and sensuous writing\u003c\/b\u003e; whether depicting the salons of Vienna or its slums, the ballroom dances of debutantes or the takeover of a textile factory by German troops, Klimt fervently sketching, or the relaxed atmosphere of a coffee house, Albanese’s prose \u003cb\u003ebrings the people and the times to life\u003c\/b\u003e. This novel is a bonanza of information about art history, philosophy, feminism, war, and love.”  * Historical Novel Society, Editor's Pick *\u003cbr\u003e“With her opening sentence, Albanese draws readers into a world of glamour, art, intrigue, power and fear…In this \u003cb\u003ecomplex yet utterly readable\u003c\/b\u003e novel, historical characters are brought to life against the setting of \u003cb\u003ea city on the verge of artistic greatness and societal collapse\u003c\/b\u003e. Albanese treats\u003cb\u003e thorny moral issues with clarity and depth\u003c\/b\u003e. Fans of Philippa Gregory, Tracy Chevalier, and those who enjoyed the film \u003ci\u003eWoman in Gold \u003c\/i\u003ewon’t be able to put it down.” * Library Journal, starred review *\u003cbr\u003e\"Laurie Lico Albanese has given us a powerful and important tale of love and war, art and family. Filled with \u003cb\u003elush prose and vivid historical detail\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStolen Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e is a work\u003cb\u003e simultaneously intimate and sweeping in its scope\u003c\/b\u003e. I was transported; I loved being swept up into the glorious, golden era of \u003ci\u003efin de siecle\u003c\/i\u003e Vienna.\" -- Allison Pataki, New York Times Bestselling Author of SISI: EMPRESS ON HER OWN\u003cbr\u003e\"With \u003ci\u003eStolen Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e Laurie Lico Albanese has effected a perfect marriage between the Vienna of the early years of the 20th century and the Vienna of the Anschluss and the Nazi Occupation. This is particularly remarkable because the mood and tone of the alternating chapters are so different. One wants to dwell or linger on the rich pleasures of the earlier period; one is held in frozen horror by the author's realization of Nazi brutality...Ms. Albanese understands and powerfully shows how people can be comfortably blind to the realities of others' resentment and hatred...you cannot read this book without being made aware of the recurring, perhaps never wholly absent, corrupting power of greed, envy and hatred, a deforming hatred which allows us to see others as objects, not people. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStolen Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of art itself--one that is simultaneously alarming and comforting\u003c\/b\u003e.\" * Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Stolen Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e is\u003cb\u003e painfully topical\u003c\/b\u003e, reminding us in excruciating detail what happens when prejudice wins… an irresistible story, we're taken from the refined worlds of classical music, exquisite gowns and sumptuously appointed homes to the hate-fueled politics that ravaged Austria … Too often when books alternate between different characters and different times the result is jarring and tiresome. \u003cb\u003eThough each woman is nuanced enough to support an independent novel, the intertwining makes for a stronger, more compelling story\u003c\/b\u003e.” * NJ Star Ledger *\u003cbr\u003e“Satisfying…Fans of romantic suspense with an art historical bent will appreciate the vigor of Albanese's reimagining of \u003cb\u003ethe family saga behind the masterpiece long regarded as Vienna's Mona Lisa\u003c\/b\u003e.” * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\"Incredibly delicious to read...[\u003ci\u003eStolen Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e] uniquely delivers \u003cb\u003eintelligent plot, literary substance, and emotional impact\u003c\/b\u003e...Albanese’s dazzling descriptions depict each moment’s contemporary arts movements and real-life artists of the time, following these characters into the new center of Western culture...\u003ci\u003eStolen Beauty \u003c\/i\u003ecolors and enhances the true drama of the life of Adele Bloch-Bauer, known to the world as the Lady in Gold.\" * Jewish Book Council *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eImpeccably researched\u003c\/b\u003e.”  * The Jewish Voice *\u003cbr\u003e\"Albanese’s novel will appeal to readers interested in such themes as \u003cb\u003elove, self-discovery, and women’s empowerment\u003c\/b\u003e and to fans of the historical, art-based fiction of Susan Vreeland and Tracy Chevalier.\" * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003ePowerful, dynamic storytelling\u003c\/b\u003e.” * RT Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eCourage and beauty\u003c\/b\u003e are the banners waving over the double heroines of this truth-telling novel. Adele's suspenseful story and the terrifying narrative of her niece, Maria, capture both \u003ci\u003efin-de-siècle \u003c\/i\u003eVienna and the rise of Nazism. \u003cb\u003eLike the paintings of Klimt, \u003ci\u003eStolen Beauty \u003c\/i\u003eboth glitters and darkens\u003c\/b\u003e in its presentation of vibrant life and dreadful death.” -- Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab's Wife; Abundance, a Novel of Marie Antoinette; and The Fountain of St. James Court, or, Portrait of the Artist as an Old Woman\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eStolen Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e is the \u003cb\u003emost stunning depiction of the creation of a work of art\u003c\/b\u003e—situating it in personal and political history—that I've read since Irving Stone's \u003ci\u003eThe Agony and the Ecstasy\u003c\/i\u003e. Albanese's portrait of the brutality of the Nazi occupation of Austria and its seizure of art is unmatched.” -- Louise DeSalvo, author of The Art of Slow Writing\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Stolen Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e is one of those rare, captivating novels that flies us through time, transports us across continents and oceans and\u003cb\u003e challenges us to imagine the unimaginable, to reckon with the cruel forces of history and to marvel at the perseverance of the human spirit in the face of it\u003c\/b\u003e.”  -- David Anthony Durham, author of Pride of Carthage","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867337306455,"sku":"9781501131998","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/stolen-beauty-9781501131998","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}