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Fiery Star: The Journals of Emma Rose Lightfoot

Leslie Rivers
4.57/5 (42 ratings)
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** Fiery Star is a recipient of the 2019 National Indie Excellence Award**

The summer of 1856 is an uneasy one in California’s Sierra foothills. The Gold Rush boom has gone bust, and the mining camps have dried to tinder in the relentless heat. Young Emma Lightfoot’s beloved father, the publisher of Placerville’s smallest newspaper, The Rattler, has suddenly died. On her own in a rough gold town, Emma confesses she is “scared as a baby,” yet she refuses to surrender to grief. She vows to jump out of the grave of her old life and into a new beginning. In July, Edwin Booth (brother of the infamous John Wilkes Booth) begins a tour of the camps with the Star Troupe, a small theatre company. On stage, he delivers hints of brilliance, but he’s also a brooding youth with a drinking problem, struggling to emerge from the shadow of his famous––and insane––actor father.When the Star Troupe arrives in Placerville, Emma seizes her chance. Fascinated by Booth and the theatre, she convinces the company to take her on as a laundress. As the troupe journeys through a beautiful and treacherous landscape, Emma hopes that she’s found a new family. But when the towns they play burn to the ground, the Star Troupe’s lives are threatened by suspicion that Booth is the firebug.
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ISBN10:
0999851411
ISBN13:
9780999851418
kindle Asin:
B08KH9LR4W

Fiery Star: The Journals of Emma Rose Lightfoot

Leslie Rivers
4.57/5 (42 ratings)
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** Fiery Star is a recipient of the 2019 National Indie Excellence Award**

The summer of 1856 is an uneasy one in California’s Sierra foothills. The Gold Rush boom has gone bust, and the mining camps have dried to tinder in the relentless heat. Young Emma Lightfoot’s beloved father, the publisher of Placerville’s smallest newspaper, The Rattler, has suddenly died. On her own in a rough gold town, Emma confesses she is “scared as a baby,” yet she refuses to surrender to grief. She vows to jump out of the grave of her old life and into a new beginning. In July, Edwin Booth (brother of the infamous John Wilkes Booth) begins a tour of the camps with the Star Troupe, a small theatre company. On stage, he delivers hints of brilliance, but he’s also a brooding youth with a drinking problem, struggling to emerge from the shadow of his famous––and insane––actor father.When the Star Troupe arrives in Placerville, Emma seizes her chance. Fascinated by Booth and the theatre, she convinces the company to take her on as a laundress. As the troupe journeys through a beautiful and treacherous landscape, Emma hopes that she’s found a new family. But when the towns they play burn to the ground, the Star Troupe’s lives are threatened by suspicion that Booth is the firebug.
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0999851411
ISBN13:
9780999851418
kindle Asin:
B08KH9LR4W

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