From the author of the beloved "New York Times "bestselling novel "The Little Book, " comes a novel about a love that is capable of bridging unfathomable distances. Recently returned from the experience of a lifetime in fin de siecle Vienna, where she met and tragically lost the first great love of her life, Eleanor Burden has no choice but to settle into her expected place in society, marry the man she is supposed to marry, and wait for life to come to her. As the twentieth century approaches, hers is a story not unlike that of the other young women she grew up with in 1890s Boston a privileged upbringing punctuated by a period of youthful adventure and followed by the inevitable acknowledgment of real life except for one small difference: Eleanor possesses an unshakable belief that she has advance knowledge of every major historical event to come during her lifetime. But soon the script...
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