{"product_id":"the-moon-the-stars-and-madame-burova-a-novel-isbn-9780063075436","title":"The Moon, the Stars, and Madame Burova: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the wildly popular bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Keeper of Lost Things—\u003c\/em\u003ean uplifting, slightly magical story about how it’s never too late to find out who you really are.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Ruth Hogan is the queen of uplifting fiction and\u003cem\u003e Madame Burova\u003c\/em\u003e reminds us why. The writing crackles with humor and warmth. I can't imagine a better book in which to lose yourself at the moment. Stunning, immersive and absolutely wonderful.\" --Annie Lyons, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMadame Burova—beloved Tarot reader, palmist, and clairvoyant—is retiring and leaving her booth on the Brighton seafront.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter inheriting her mother’s fortune-telling business as a young woman, Imelda Burova has spent her life on the Brighton pier practicing her trade. She and her trusty pack of Tarot cards have seen the lovers and the liars, the angels and the devils, the dreamers and the fools. Now, after a lifetime of keeping other people’s secrets, Madam Burova is ready to have a little piece of life for herself. But she still has one last thing to do—to fulfill a promise made in the 1970s, when she and her girlfriends were carefree, with their whole lives still before them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn London, it is time for another woman to make a fresh start. Billie has lost her university job, her marriage, and her place in the world when a sudden and unlikely discovery leaves her very identity in question. Determined to find answers, she must follow a trail…which leads to Brighton, the pier, and directly to Madame Burova’s door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a story spanning over fifty years, Ruth Hogan has conjured a magical world of 1970s holiday camps and seaside entertainers, eccentrics, heroes and villains, the lost and the found. Young people will make careless choices which echo down the years….but it’s never too late to put things right. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Ruth Hogan is the \u003cstrong\u003equeen of uplifting fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e and\u003cem\u003e Madame Burova\u003c\/em\u003e reminds us why. Each character is lovingly crafted, their stories beautifully and heartbreakingly woven into something magical. T\u003cstrong\u003ehe writing crackles with humor and warmth \u003c\/strong\u003ewhilst not being afraid to tackle the harsh realities of racism in the 1970s. It's the kind of story you want to devour greedily but then feel bereft that you won't get to spend more time with Imelda, Cillian, Billie, Treasure, and all the other glorious characters.\u003cstrong\u003e I can't imagine a better book in which to lose yourself at the moment. Stunning, immersive and absolutely wonderful.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnnie Lyons, author of The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Woke up early to finish this \u003cstrong\u003ebreathtakingly beautiful\u003c\/strong\u003e story. Ruth Hogan's \u003cem\u003eMadame Burova\u003c\/em\u003e is absolutely wonderful.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCelia Anderson, author of The Cottage of Curiosities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“From the attention-grabbing opening paragraph, to the joyful conclusion, Ruth Hogan has stirred together a charming fairytale in which the people may be more lost than the things; and generosity and compassion may be the key to finding a way home. Also there are dogs. Delightful.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelen Simonson, author of The Summer Before the War and Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, on The Keeper of Lost Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A beautiful story of love, loss, and the redemptive power of friendship.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatherine Hall, author of The Proof of Love, on The Keeper of Lost Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Hogan’s writing has the soothing warmth of the cups of cocoa and tea her characters regularly dispense…old-fashioned storytelling with a sprinkling of magic.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus on The Keeper of Lost Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Hogan’s first novel reveals how even discarded items have significance and seemingly random objects, people, and places are all interconnected.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist on The Keeper of Lost Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] gentle tale about kindness and redemption, wherein lost souls and lost objects get rejoined in unusual ways to restore people’s happiness and even lay ghosts to rest in a feel-good debut novel that’s hard to walk away from.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books on The Keeper of Lost Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889482952933,"sku":"NP9780063075436","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063075436.jpg?v=1730231347","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-moon-the-stars-and-madame-burova-a-novel-isbn-9780063075436","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}