Empress of the splendid season
Hijuelos, Oscar
Empress of the splendid season / Oscar Hijuelos - First edition - 342 pages
In 1940s New York, a rich man's daughter from Cuba falls in love with a waiter. They marry, have children and when he falls ill and is unable to work, she becomes the sole breadwinner, working as a cleaning woman. But one day her cleaning job will bring luck. By the author of Mr. Ives' Christmas.
0060175702
Cuban American women--Fiction
Domestic fiction
Fic
Empress of the splendid season / Oscar Hijuelos - First edition - 342 pages
In 1940s New York, a rich man's daughter from Cuba falls in love with a waiter. They marry, have children and when he falls ill and is unable to work, she becomes the sole breadwinner, working as a cleaning woman. But one day her cleaning job will bring luck. By the author of Mr. Ives' Christmas.
0060175702
Cuban American women--Fiction
Domestic fiction
Fic