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Collection: Adult Fiction
Call Number: F
Author: Davis, Fiona
Title: The Masterpiece
Remainder of title: a novel
Summary, etc. note: "In her latest captivating novel, nationally bestselling author Fiona Davis takes readers into the glamorous lost art school within Grand Central Terminal, where two very different women, fifty years apart, strive to make their mark on a world set against them. For the nearly nine million people who live in New York City, Grand Central Terminal is a crown jewel, a masterpiece of design. But for Clara Darden and Virginia Clay, it represents something quite different. For Clara, the terminal is the stepping stone to her future, which she is certain will shine as the brightly as the constellations on the main concourse ceiling. It is 1928, and twenty-five-year-old Clara is teaching at the lauded Grand Central School of Art. A talented illustrator, she has dreams of creating cover art for Vogue, but not even the prestige of the school can override the public's disdain for a "woman artist." Brash, fiery, confident, and single-minded--even while juggling the affections of two men, a wealthy would-be poet and a brilliant experimental painter--Clara is determined to achieve every creative success. But she and her bohemian friends have no idea that they'll soon be blindsided by the looming Great Depression, an insatiable monster with the power to destroy the entire art scene. And even poverty and hunger will do little to prepare Clara for the greater tragedy yet to come. Nearly fifty years later, in 1974, the terminal has declined almost as sharply as Virginia Clay's life. Full of grime and danger, from the smoke-blackened ceiling to the pickpockets and drug dealers who roam the floor, Grand Central is at the center of a fierce lawsuit: Is the once-grand building a landmark to be preserved, or a cancer to be demolished? For Virginia, it is simply her last resort. Recently divorced, she has just accepted a job in the information booth in order to support herself and her college-age daughter, Ruby. But when Virginia stumbles upon an abandoned art school within the terminal and discovers a striking watercolor hidden under the dust, her eyes are opened to the elegance beneath the decay. She embarks on a quest to find the artist of the unsigned masterpiece--an impassioned chase that draws Virginia not only into the battle to save Grand Central but deep into the mystery of Clara Darden, the famed 1920s illustrator who disappeared from history in 1931"--

International Standard Book Number: 9781524742966 (ebook)
Canceled/invalid ISBN: 9781524742959 (hc)
Description conventions: rda
Authentication code: pcc
Classification number: PS3604.A95695
Edition number: 23
Classification number: 813/.6
Source of number: bisacsh
Classification number: FIC014000
Classification number: FIC022000
Classification number: FIC019000
Dates associated with a name: 1966-
Relator term: author.
Statement of responsibility, etc.: Fiona Davis.
Edition statement: First edition.
Place of publication: New York
Name of publisher: Penguin
Date of publication: 2018
Projected publication date: 1808
: New York, New York :
: Dutton,
: 2018.
Extent: 1 online resource.
Accompanying material: 350 pages
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: txt
: rdamedia
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: rdacarrier
: online resource
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Summary, etc. note: "For the nearly nine million people who live in New York City, Grand Central Terminal is a crown jewel, a masterpiece of design. But for Clara Darden and Virginia Clay, it represents something quite different. For Clara, the terminal is the stepping stone to her future, which she is certain will shine as the brightly as the constellations on the main concourse ceiling. It is 1928, and twenty-five-year-old Clara is teaching at the lauded Grand Central School of Art. A talented illustrator, she has dreams of creating cover art for Vogue, but not even the prestige of the school can override the public's disdain for a "woman artist." Brash, fiery, confident, and single-minded--even while juggling the affections of two men, a wealthy would-be poet and a brilliant experimental painter--Clara is determined to achieve every creative success. But she and her bohemian friends have no idea that they'll soon be blindsided by the looming Great Depression, an insatiable monster with the power to destroy the entire art scene. Nearly fifty years later, in 1974, the terminal has declined almost as sharply as Virginia Clay's life. Full of grime and danger, from the smoke-blackened ceiling to the pickpockets and drug dealers who roam the floor, Grand Central is at the center of a fierce lawsuit: Is the once-grand building a landmark to be preserved, or a cancer to be demolished? For Virginia, it is simply her last resort"--
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Source of acquisition: B&T
Purchase price: 26.00
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Source of heading or term: bisacsh
Source of heading or term: bisacsh
Source of heading or term: bisacsh
Subject: FICTION / Historical.
Subject: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General.
Subject: FICTION / Literary.
Main entry heading: Davis, Fiona, 1966- author.
Edition: First edition.
Place, publisher, and date of publication: New York, New York : Dutton, 2018
Display text: Print version:
Title: Masterpiece
Record control number: (DLC) 2017060556
International Standard Book Number: 9781524742959
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: ecip book
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: ecip ebook 2018-01-04
: Alice Dalrymple; phone: 212-366-2579; email: adalrymple@prh.com; bc: adalrymple@penguinrandomhouse.com

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