To Capture What We Cannot Keep - by Beatrice Colin (Paperback)

Name: To Capture What We Cannot Keep - by Beatrice Colin (Paperback)
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Set against the construction of the Eiffel Tower, this novel charts the relationship between a young Scottish widow and a French engineer who, despite constraints of class and wealth, fall in love.
About the Author: Beatrice Colin is a novelist based in Glasgow.
304 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical

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Set against the construction of the Eiffel Tower, this novel charts the relationship between a young Scottish widow and a French engineer who, despite constraints of class and wealth, fall in love.

In February 1887, Caitriona Wallace and Émile Nouguier meet in a hot air balloon, floating high above Paris, France--a moment of pure possibility. But back on firm ground, their vastly different social strata become clear. Cait is a widow who because of her precarious financial situation is forced to chaperone two wealthy Scottish charges. Émile is expected to take on the bourgeois stability of his family's business and choose a suitable wife. As the Eiffel Tower rises, a marvel of steel and air and light, the subject of extreme controversy and a symbol of the future, Cait and Émile must decide what their love is worth.

Seamlessly weaving historical detail and vivid invention, Beatrice Colin evokes the revolutionary time in which Cait and Émile live--one of corsets and secret trysts, duels and Bohemian independence, strict tradition and Impressionist experimentation. To Capture What We Cannot Keep, stylish, provocative, and shimmering, raises probing questions about a woman's place in that world, the overarching reach of class distinctions, and the sacrifices love requires of us all.

About the Author

Beatrice Colin is a novelist based in Glasgow. The Glimmer Palace (2008), a novel set in Berlin in the early 20th century, was translated into eight languages, was a Richard and Judy pick, and was short-listed for several major awards. Colin also writes radio plays and adaptations for BBC Radio 4.

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Dimensions (Overall): 8.2 Inches (H) x 5.3 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)

Weight: .5 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 304

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Historical

Publisher: Flatiron Books

Theme: General

Format: Paperback

Author: Beatrice Colin

Language: English

Street Date: October 31, 2017

TCIN: 90825209

UPC: 9781250138774

Item Number (DPCI): 247-48-5669

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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