Michael Bart, Author, Laurel Corona, Author . St. Martin’s $25.95 (299p) ISBN 978-0-312-37807-3
Only after Bart’s father died did he learn that his parents, Leizer and Zenia, Lithuanian Holocaust survivors, had also fought in the Resistance. With his mother suffering from Alzheimer’s, Bart cobbles together their story, which he and
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Laurel Corona, Author . Hyperion/Voice $14.95 (389p) ISBN 978-1-4013-0926-8
The music students who inspired Vivaldi and the city where they performed the great composer’s works come to life in Corona’s adult fiction debut. In 1695, three-year-old Maddalena and her infant sister, Chiaretta, are abandoned on the...
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Laurel Corona, Berkley, $15 paper (352p) ISBN 978-0-425-23662-8
The Iliad, The Odyssey, and other Greek myths inform and enrich Corona's (The Four Seasons) fanciful first-millennium tapestry of Xanthe, the daughter of Odysseus, king of the Cephallenians, born on the island of Ithaca to Penelope after Odysseus...
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Laurel Corona, S&S/Gallery, $15 trade paper (416p) ISBN 978-1-4391-9766-0
Six days after giving birth to a daughter, Lili, the marquise du Châtelet dies, leaving Lili in the care of her friend Julie, who's just given birth to her own daughter, Delphine. The marquise was noted for her intellect and free spirit (indeed,...
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Laurel Corona. Sourcebooks Landmark, $14.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-1-4022-8649-0
Amalia is descended from a long line of famed Spanish cartographers, including her father, who has spent his life making maps for Spanish royalty. As the Spanish court in the 15th century moves to persecute those who live openly as Jews, Amalia’s...
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