Lucy Ridout has spent most of the last decade travelling in and writing about Asia. Lucy is author of The Rough Guide to Bangkok. In addition, Lucy and Lesley Reader are co-authors of First-Time Asia: A Rough Guide Special.
StoryCorps founder and New York Times bestselling author Dave Isay shares stories of love and marriage from the revolutionary oral history project. See the author on tour »
Set in New York City in 1938, this is a sophisticated and entertaining debut novel about an irresistible young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose. Read an excerpt. Listen to a podcast.