Prize Women - Caroline Lea - kniha z kategorie Beletria

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Based on the scandalous true story of The Great Stork Derby, Prize Women is a gripping and deeply moving novel about desperate choices and the two unforgettable women forced to make them. It's the 1920s, a time of unparalleled excess. But for the rich to party, the poor must starve . . . Into the city arrives pregnant runaway Lily di Marco. She has nothing – and expects nothing. But soon she will find herself in a towering mansion just streets away. Confidante to, and best friends with, its glamorous owner Mae Thebolt. Until the competition. A childless millionaire leaves his fortune to the woman who will have the most babies over ten years. Is it an eccentric contest? Or a horrible joke played by a rich man on the poorest women of the city? Either way, it will tear Lily and Mae’s friendship - and their lives - to pieces . . .