The Lost Carousel of Provence

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Call Number: Fiction / Blackwell, Juliet, Adult Book / Fiction / Historical / Blackwell, Juliet
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Blackwell, Juliet	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Historical / Blackwell, Juliet	4-week checkout	Due 05-02-2024

"An artist lost to history, a family abandoned to its secrets, and the woman whose search for meaning unearths it all. American photographer Cady Drake shoots local merry-go-rounds, a hobby inspired by a carved wooden rabbit gifted to her following her troubled years in foster care. Now at a crisis point in her life, Cady can't refuse a freelance assignment documenting the antique carousels of Paris. While there, she hopes to track down the true origins of her rabbit, which she has always believed to be carved by French carousel maker Gustave Bayol. Cady's research leads her to Provence, where she discovers a dilapidated carousel carved by Bayol for the grand Ch©Øteau Clement in the early 1900s. After commissioning the carousel, the Clement family struggled to maintain their ancestral home through the two World Wars, buffeted by jealousies passed down through the generations. Despite the carousel's derelict state, Cady longs to restore it--if she can secure the permission of the run-down ch©Øteau's gruff, elderly owner, a man with secrets of his own. As Cady digs deeper into the past, unearthing century-old photographs of the Clement carousel and its creators, she might be the one person who can bring the past to light and reunite a family torn apart"-- Provided by publisher.

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I've liked her other books submitted by sara on June 17, 2020, 12:54pm Too many words to tell the story. I liked the book, but, also was impatient to finish it.