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A song brought them together. A secret tore them apart.
In The Orphan's Song , Lauren Kate, author of Fallen, invites the reader to don a mask, board a gondola, and sail the canals of beautiful 18th-century Venice. A time when lovers cast their disguises under bridges to exchange a kiss, and when music was the greatest of all arts. In an age of excess, two children abandoned at the Incurables, a hospital converted into an orphanage, whose conservatory is dedicated to teaching music to orphans, dream of having a family and a place to call home.
The rigidity within the walls of the Incurables is incapable of imprisoning the heart of the dreamer Violetta. As the chorus girl grows, a yearning to explore the world she can only see from the orphanage's roof burns within her. It is there that her path crosses with that of Mino, a talented violinist also eager to escape the cloister and live the life he has been denied until now. The connection between them is immediate. A friendship blossoms effortlessly... as does something more.
Once outside the gates of the Incurables—and away from the abbess's steely gaze—it doesn't take long for Violetta and Mino to discover that reality is far less brilliant than their dreams. And far more cruel, as fate takes charge of leading them in opposite directions. Letta and Mino lose each other... and themselves.
Misunderstandings, intriguing characters, and a lost love, set against the backdrop of Venice of yesteryear, make The Orphan's Song such a seductive read that, even after the book is closed, the orphan's beautiful song will continue to be heard for a long time.
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