Odette rising

t's 1897 in Sèvres, France and, from her bedroom window, Odette Huré watches a funeral bier carry her father's coffin away. She is twenty-one and she has not left the house for ten years, soothing herself with books and food. Odette's only joy is found in the extravagant menus she dreams up and which the housekeeper reluctantly prepares for her. With the sudden death of her father, the walls she has built around herself begin to crumble. Forced into society, she discovers she is now responsible for a fortune and a stockings factory - renowned for its exquisite designs which adorn the slender ankles of Parisian femmes célèbres. Now Odette must try and navigate a world she has hidden from for so long. In doing so she must excavate the secrets left behind by her father and in turn, accept the shocking truth about her own identity and all that she is capable of.

Genres

Historical

Language

English

Publisher

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

ISBN

9781399633543