Empress Of The Splendid Season by Oscar Hijuelos

Empress Of The Splendid Season

Oscar Hijuelos

342 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
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When Raul fell ill in his elderly forties, his 'empress', who had had maids of her own as a girl, found herself cleaning the apartments of rich New Yorkers. Thus began Lydia's long lesson in humility, but it also provided daily glimpses of life's ...

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