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Chicago, 1910. Vier junge Frauen auf der Suche nach der großen Liebe

Die Davenports gehören zu den wenigen Schwarzen Familien, die zu Wohlstand und Ansehen gekommen sind. Sie leben in einem Anwesen mit Kristallleuchtern, Dienstboten und großen Festen. Nun werden Olivia und Helen, die beiden Davenport-Töchter, in die Gesellschaft eingeführt. Wie das Dienstmädchen Amy-Rose und die beste Freundin Ruby müssen sie ihren Weg finden.

So unterschiedlich sie sind - von Olivia, die ihr Interesse an den politischen Ungerechtigkeiten ihrer Zeit entdeckt, bis zu...

Against the glamorous background of the big city, five beautiful women struggle to find love, acceptance, and success. As the five prepare for a wedding, they take inventory of their own lives. Has pleasure been enough? Is glamour really all they need to be happy? And is that happiness worth it-at any cost?

No matter how hard they try to deny it, beneath the glitz is an inescapable tarnish. As the five friends flirt, seduce, and entice with gossipy, scandalous verve, Stilettos explores the risks a woman must take to find herself, real love, and her place in elite society.

Samantha is...

"I've ignited a fire . . . burning our existence."
--"Ashes"

"When I am in a neon pink mood, I feel the child in me come back to life."
--"Painting the Town"

"I sing. I dance. I am artistic, passionately."
--"Lunar Lunacy"

"We all come home to the embrace of death."
--"Cemeteries"

"She was designed to be the most perfect specimen: beautiful and fatal."
--"Subject 17"

"In the beginning, it was an innocent, bare charm bracelet."
--"The Charm Bracelet"

The Color of Madness is the true story of my eldest sister, Ciska, second of nine offspring. Some may recognize themselves or a loved one or an acquaintance in this individual, who watches the horizon of her hopes recede as she grows older and becomes more aware of her world. After winning a much-coveted scholarship at the age of eleven, Ciska's future promises to be as bright as the firework hurled over the fence into the backyard by neighbors eager to congratulate her and the family. However, like a shooting star, she very briefly lights up the world around her with her brilliance before...