Title: If you are there
Description: A "coming-of-age story about a young Polish girl and her friendships with Madame Curie and Eusapia Palladino"--

Lucia Rutkowski escapes the Warsaw ghetto to work as a kitchen maid in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the bustling city of Paris. Too talented for her lowly position, Lucia takes a job working for two disorganized, rather poor married scientists so distracted by their work that their house and young child are often neglected. Lucia soon bonds with her eccentric employers, watching as their work with radioactive materials grows increasing noticed by the world, then rising to fame as the great Marie and Pierre Curie.
Subjects: Spiritualism, Social life and customs, Mediums, Fiction, Women household employees, Fiction, general, FICTION, Literary, Manners and customs, Palladino, Eusapia, 1854-1918 -- Fiction, Curie, Marie, 1867-1934 -- Fiction, Curie, Pierre, 1859-1906 -- Fiction, Women household employees -- Fiction, Mediums -- Fiction, Spiritualism -- Fiction, Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction, Italy -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
Places: Paris (France), Italy
People: Marie Curie (1867-1934), Pierre Curie (1859-1906), Eusapia Palladino (1854-1918)
Time periods: 20th century