Skylark: A Novel by Paula McLain Vinca Showalter First Novel Prize

First Novel Prize

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But when her parents die in a tragic accident

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Skylark: A Novel by Paula McLain Vinca Showalter First Novel PrizeThe New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife weaves a mesmerizing tale of Paris above and belowwhere a womans quest for artistic freedom in 1664 intertwines with a doctors dangerous mission during the German occupation in the 1940s, revealing a story of courage and resistance that transcends time. 1664: Alouette Voland is the daughter of a master dyer at the famed Gobelin Tapestry Works, who secretly dreams of escaping her circumstances and