Title: The Glimmer Palace
Description: A literary historical novel about an orphan girl's journey from poverty to film stardom, set against the grand backdrop of World War I Berlin, the cabaret era, the run-up to World War II, and the innovations in art and industry that accompanied it all.
Subjects: Orphans, History, Fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, historical, general, Berlin (germany), fiction, World war, 1914-1918, fiction, Young women, fiction
Places: Berlin (Germany)
Time periods: 20th century