Daughter of the House
By: Rosie Thomas
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 503
ISBN-13: 9781468311747
Subjects: Social life and customs; Actors and actresses; Entertainers; Young women; Psychic ability; Manners and customs; Fiction
Description: "Nancy Wix, daughter of stage impresarios Eliza and Devil, is a born performer. But she is set apart, even from her unusual family, by the visions she has seen since she was a child. When a gifted medium reveals a way for Nancy to harness her troubling powers to keep the Wix's struggling theatre afloat, she grasps the opportunity with a desperate intensity. This is the age of spiritualism, and Nancy will see her star rise in a time when families decimated by World War I are anxious to believe their dead loves ones are not out of reach"--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: Post 1919. Nancy Wix was born into a down-at-heel family, but Nancy has always known that the visions she has seen since she was a child will set her apart from her peers. A chance encounter with a gifted medium reveals a way in which she might take hold of her future and she grasps the opportunity with a desperate intensity; title: for this is the age of spiritualism, and Nancy's gift will see her star rise in a time when decimated families are desperate to hold on to their dead sons. As the roaring twenties dawn, Nancy strives to break free from the rigid bonds of society and find her own place. The only thing that could hold her back is her love for an unattainable man...