num_pages: 360
description: Growing up in the 1930s and 1940s as a creative child in a restrictive environment, Sally Wheeler struggles to cope with her mother Stella's increasing depression and estrangement from her family.
language: English
title: The Empress of One
titlecomplete: The Empress of One
genres: Fiction, Book Club, Novels, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 419
publisher: Milkweed Editions