The Season of Lillian Dawes

From the acclaimed writer of Private Altars , comes a story of driving lyrical force set in Manhattan in the 1950s. When he is expelled from boarding school, Gabriel Gibbs is sent to live with his older brother Spencer in New York. Rather than a punishment, this becomes an exhilarating invitation to a dazzling world, from smoking cigars at the Plaza Hotel to weekend house parties filled with tennis and cocktails. It is in this heady atmosphere -- from white-gloved Park Avenue to literary Greenwich Village -- that Gabriel first glimpses the elusive Lillian Dawes. Free-spirited and mysterious, Lillian captures the imaginations of those in "all the best circles," including both brothers. As their lives entwine, so begins the powerful and poignant unraveling of innocence.

About the author

Katherine Mosby's previous works include a collection of poetry, The Book of Uncommon Prayer, and two novels, Private Altars and The Season of Lillian Dawes, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. She lives in New York City and teaches at New York University's Stern Business School.

Product details

• Authors: Katherine Mosby
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.04.2003
• EAN: 9780060936952
• ISBN: 978-0-06-093695-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 203 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Family Life / General, FICTION: General, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Romance / Historical / American, FICTION: Romance / Historical / Medieval, FICTION: Romance / New Adult, FICTION: City Life, FICTION: Romance / Later in Life