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Title: City of Light
Author: Lauren Belfer
Narrator: Jan Maxwell
Format: Abridged
Length: 6 hrs
Language: English
Release date: 12-16-99
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 45 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Against this rich historical backdrop lives Louisa Barrett, the attractive, articulate headmistress of the Macaulay School for Girls. Protected by its powerful all-male board, "Miss Barrett" is treated as an equal by the men who control the life of the city. Lulled by her unique relationship with these titans of business, Louisa feels secure in her position, until a mysterious death at the power plant triggers a sequence of events that forces her to return to a past she has struggled to conceal, and to question everything and everyone she holds dear.
Both observer and participant, Louisa Barrett guides us through the culture and conflicts of a time and place where immigrant factory workers and nature conservationists protest violently against industrialists, where presidents broker politics, where wealthy "Negroes" fight for recognition and equality, and where women struggle to thrive in a system that allows them little freedom.
Critic Reviews:
"...an ingenious first novel." (The New York Times Book Review)
