La vie secrète de Violet Grant

ISBN-10: 2714473571
ISBN-13: 9782714473578
Category: Literary Collections
Pages: 405
Language: French
Published: 2016-06-02
Publisher: Belfond
Author: Beatriz Williams

Description

Du New York des sixties au Tout-Berlin d'avant guerre, en passant par Londres et Paris, une saga trépidante, le portrait de deux femmes indomptables, au destin bousculé par la passion, la soif d'indépendance et le goût du scandale. New York, 1964. Vivian Schuyler, petite fille fortunée de la Ve Avenue, a décidé de rompre avec les conventions familiales pour prendre son indépendance et tenter de se faire un nom dans le journalisme. Mais comment trouver le matériau du scoop qui lui vaudra la consécration dans ce sérail dominé par les hommes ? Alors qu'elle végète à un poste de pigiste, Vivian reçoit un colis qui va radicalement changer sa vie : une valise, égarée depuis cinquante ans, qui aurait appartenu à sa grand-tante Violet, elle-même introuvable depuis 1914. Qu'est devenue cette brillante scientifique, qui rêvait de devenir la première grande physicienne américaine ? La rumeur familiale qui voudrait qu'elle ait fui l'Europe au bras de son amant après avoir assassiné son époux est-elle vraie ? Des questions qui passionnent bientôt l'apprentie journaliste. Aidée de Paul, un charmant chirurgien découvert à la Poste en même temps que le bagage, Vivian mène une enquête qui va l'obliger à remonter le cours de l'Histoire pour suivre le périple d'une étudiante passionnée, d'une amoureuse écartelée entre sa carrière et son cœur, d'une femme rebelle et indépendante au destin pavé de drames et de lourds secrets...

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