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When her boss tells her about the discoveries in a cramped, decrepit apartment in the ninth arrondissement, Sotheby' s continental furniture specialist April Vaught does not hear "dust" or "rats" or "shuttered for 70 years". She hears Paris. She hears escape. She cannot board the plane fast enough. When she arrives, April quickly learns the apartment is more than just some rich hoarder' s repository. Beneath the dust and cobwebs and stale perfumed air is a literal goldmine - and not just in terms of actual dollars.

In 1950, a young, beautiful Polish refugee arrives in Hyannisport, Massachusetts, to work as a maid for one of the wealthiest families in America. Alicia is at once dazzled by the large and charismatic family, in particular the oldest son, a rising politician named Jack. Alicia and Jack are soon engaged, but his domineering father forbids the marriage.

Das Leben von April wird sich grundlegend ändern, sie weiß es nur noch nicht. Ihr Chef bei Sotheby's schickt sie nach Paris, um ein Appartement zu begutachten, das 70 Jahre kein Mensch betreten hat. Als Spezialistin für antike Möbel denkt April nicht an Staub oder Plunder, sondern an verborgene Schätze. Was sie dann entdeckt, übertrifft ihre kühnsten Erwartungen. April taucht ein in die faszinierende Welt der Marthe de Florian - eine Pariser Kurtisane - zu deren Kundschaft Würdenträger und Staatschefs gehörten.

A family drama with a speculative twist about three siblings and one beastly surprise, from the New York Times bestselling author “Weird, witty, and totally delightful, with echoes of Schitt’s Creek but with more teeth! I loved it.” —Annie Hartnett, author of Unlikely Animals...