{"product_id":"9780008644550-secondhand-the-phoenix-crown","title":"The Phoenix Crown","description":"An unforgettable story about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palaces of Versailles...   San Francisco, 1906.  In a city bustling with newly minted millionaires and scheming upstarts, two very different women hope to change their fortunes: Gemma, a golden-haired, silver-voiced soprano whose career desperately needs rekindling, and Suling, a petite and resolute Chinatown embroideress who is determined to escape an arranged marriage. Their paths cross when they are drawn into the orbit of Henry Thornton, a charming railroad magnate whose extraordinary collection of Chinese antiques includes the fabled Phoenix Crown, a legendary relic of Beijing's fallen Summer Palace. His patronage offers Gemma and Suling the chance of a lifetime, but their lives are thrown into turmoil when a devastating earthquake rips San Francisco apart and Thornton disappears, leaving behind a mystery reaching further than anyone could have imagined . . . Until the Phoenix Crown reappears five years later at a sumptuous Paris costume ball, drawing Gemma and Suling together in one last desperate quest for justice . . . Praise for  The Phoenix Crown : 'Impeccably researched, magnificently rendered, and breathlessly paced' JAMIE FORD 'Seamless, page-turning masterpiece of history and suspense - shot through with women rising up from the margins of society to claim their own singular futures, I could not put this triumphant novel down' MARIE BENEDICT 'Heart-pounding, gasp-out-loud storytelling -  The Phoenix Crown  is the best book I've read all year' VICTORIA CHRISTOPHER MURRAY 'Lushly detailed, richly imagined, and utterly satisfying,  The Phoenix Crown  will entrance readers'  BOOKLIST 'Action-packed, this novel skillfully uses its strong female leads to examine racism, sexism, and classism. Readers won't want to put this one down'  HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY '[A] seamless collaboration of two terrific novelists'  THE WASHINGTON POST","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48869426954459,"sku":"9780008644550-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/b2ee6eb1-4b68-40e7-a0b5-26ca70d0f9fa.jpg?v=1781282260","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780008644550-secondhand-the-phoenix-crown","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}