Temptation Rag: A Novel - Softcover

Bernard, Elizabeth Hutchison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0998440647 ISBN 13: 9780998440644

Verlag: Belle Epoque Publishing, 2018

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"A striking portrait of racial and gender inequality in the ragtime era. An unforgettable and deeply human story."— FREDRIC TULSKY, Pulitzer Prize-winner

"Could not put the book down. Great idea for your next Book Club reading."—THE HOLLYWOOD TIMES

May Convery is unhappy with her family's privileged life among New York City's elite and dreams of becoming a poet. When she meets the poor but talented Mike Bernard, an aspiring concert pianist, she imagines the two of them pursuing their artistic passions together. But after their secret liaison is discovered and Mike disappears from her life, neither of them is prepared for the consequences of his betrayal.

Five years later, in 1900, Mike has abandoned his concert career for a more lucrative one in vaudeville and won the coveted title "Ragtime King of the World." His professional rivalry with the self-proclaimed Originator of Ragtime, Ben Harney, is escalating into obsession. May, trapped in an abusive marriage arranged by her parents, struggles to find freedom through her poetry, the women's suffrage movement, and yet another forbidden relationship, this one with the popular composer J. Rosamond Johnson. Her friendships with Johnson and opera singer Abbie Mitchell introduce May to the world of Black musical theater and the authentic originators of ragtime. But May's freedom has come at a cost. When, by chance, she and Mike meet again, painful secrets from the past threaten to surface, and May is forced to confront the truth she had hoped to deny forever.

From vaudeville's greatest stars to the geniuses of early African-American musical theater, an unforgettable cast of real-life characters populates this richly fictionalized historical saga.

Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard is author of the historical mystery-thriller The Beauty Doctor, Finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Award. Her historical novel Sisters of Castle Leod, Book 1 of the series Historic Women of the Highlands, is an Amazon Kindle #1 bestseller in Historical Biographical Fiction and Biographical Literary Fiction.

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A writer and musician, Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard lives in Arizona with her husband, Bob, and their black Lab, Pearly Mae. Her historical fiction has been recognized by the Eric Hoffer Book Award (2018, Fiction Finalist), the Arizona Literary Awards (2017, Honorable Mention, Published Fiction), and the Book Readers Appreciation Group (Medallion Honoree).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Belle Epoque Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0998440647
• ISBN 13: 9780998440644
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 409
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.de/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxemburg