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"This absolute gem of a novel sparkles with creativity."--Booklist starred review
It is 1903, and Lily Temple is a beautiful silent-film actress who spins fairy tales and plays frivolous roles in front of the cine-camera. But beneath the costumes and stage makeup is a woman with a quick wit, a…
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When I picked up The Elusive Truth of Lily Temple, my world-weary soul was in dire need of wonderment, and Joanna Davidson Politano’s pen delivered with this lyrical ode to storytelling and fairy tales.
Set in Edwardian England, this mesmerizing novel features an alluring silent film actress with a secret past and a bespectacled private investigator with a noble heart. I was immediately invested in their tender opposites-attract romance and utterly entranced by the mystery surrounding them.
Yet what I loved most about this novel is how Politano blended her signature atmospheric prose with the winsome enchantment of The…
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