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Simpson, Alice,

The Winthrop Agreement : a novel / Alice Simpson. - First edition. - New York : Harper, 2023. - 374 pages : 21 cm

"Young Rivkah Milmanovitch arrives in New York expecting to be met by her fiancé, who never shows. Resilient and plucky-and pregnant-Rivkah makes her way to the Lower East Side tenement inhabited by neighbors from the Old World, and gives birth to a daughter named Miriam. While one might expect Miriam to follow in her mother's footsteps at the sweatshop, her fortune quickly changes when, as a teenager, she meets a member of the formidable Winthrop family, who ultimately loves her, leaves her alone and in trouble. But Miriam is no victim. She knows how to take care of herself. With the advice of her beloved aunt and a healthy dose of old-fashioned moxie, Miriam aided by the Winthrops, who will do anything to protect their standing and avoid scandal-refashions herself as Mimi, and becomes an international sensation as a designer. Still, she is consumed by the past and she cannot rest until she uncovers the mysterious truth about the Winthrop family."--

ISBN: 9780063304086 0063304082

LCCN: 2023013160

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Tenement houses--Fiction.
Scandals--Fiction.
Scandales--Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New York (N.Y.)--History--Fiction.--1865-1898--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.

LC Class. No.: PS3619.I56326 / W56 2023

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.6